Despite having been stood up by Fifi, Fidget decided to embrace the feeling and go ahead with the ultimate Valentine’s treat: it’s chocolate after all… Continue reading
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Chocolate financiers with raspberries and pistachios
Counting your shares, bullion, cash in the bank, wads under the mattress; your doubloons, golden guineas…? Or perhaps, like Fidget, toiling into the wee small hours against the tax return deadline? Continue reading
Torta Caprese allo Strega / Happy Birthday, Trota!
Pan-fried scallops with honey, soy and chilli
Trota was all set to go and ask for her money back – thinking they had been shortchanged over those scallops… Continue reading
Salmon’s one pot – Shoulder of lamb
Poor Trota’s had her trotter trodden on the Tube (really), so, doctor’s orders, Salmon had to take over… Continue reading
Calamari rings / Happy New Year!
Planning a New Year party celebration? Thinking of making calamari rings as a funky starter? Well… think again… Continue reading
Ricciarelli senesi / Happy Christmas everyone!
This is a typical Tuscan Christmas delight from the town of Siena, but found everywhere in Italy at this time of the year – probably coming a close second to panettone as the traditional treat of the season. But in the cartoon kitchen, having been prepared well in advance, they would not have made it past the solstice at Fidget’s rate of consumption. No doubt there will be words… Continue reading
Duck with plum sauce and vegetable side dishes
Panda has been with us in the cartoon kitchen for almost three weeks now, and – despite Fidget’s initial dismay – his unexpected arrival has blossomed into a period of delicious and exotic culinary creativity. So with Christmas fast approaching, the Rowes have been inspired yet again… Continue reading
Spicy pork and stir-fried noodles
After a shaky start last week (any regular reader will have noticed just how much Fidget resented being upstaged by the arrival of such an esteemed guest in the cartoon kitchen), it’s become more than bearable: our resident hero has even started to see the silver lining… Continue reading
Prawns in Char Siu sauce
Have you ever seen Fidget this grumpy? Could it have anything to do with the fact that the attention – just for once – is not all on him? Continue reading
Chez Rowe 