How can you have any dinner, Fidget, if you don’t clean your room? Yes, Trota is getting annoyed, and when she gets annoyed it can be thunderbolt and lightning (very, very frightening) in the cartoon kitchen… Continue reading
Damson crostata
Left over right or right over left? Sailor’s knot or granny knot? This week, even more than usual, Salmon’s competence in the cartoon kitchen is under scrutiny by you-know-who… Continue reading
Bilbao and San Sebastian sojourn
Bon viveur Fidget has certainly been enjoying life of late – the Rowes are even beginning to wonder if he is becoming a little decadent… Continue reading
Lemon chicken goujons with classic salad
Not that we’re calorie counters in the cartoon kitchen, oh no, but it’s been noticed that someone (aka Fidget) has been a little indulgent of late. On such occasions Trota takes charge and imposes a leaner – but hopefully still delicious – regime. But when she does, she needs to move fast and be slyly creative because Fidget is not easily fooled… Continue reading
Pesto and goat’s cheese pappardelle
Now although this week’s Chinese New Year celebrations had been mentioned en passant in the cartoon kitchen, Trota was clearly taken aback when Fidget turned up unexpectedly with new friend Billy. Continue reading
Chocolate truffles
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
Tagliata con la rucola / Steak with roquette salad
Not the easiest of mistakes to make, you might think, but then consider who’s in charge of mission control in the cartoon kitchen… Continue reading
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
Chez Rowe 