Neil Cooks Grigson

Well, I'm going to sign off now for a couple of weeks; off to France on a field course with the University of Manchester. It means, of c...

Since as there’s about a million different bread recipes in this Goddam book, I thought I’d better have a crack at some bread-making; I’m al...

Other than asparagus, the fruit and veg stall had some lovely ripe apricots, at only a quid for 6. So It thought I had to make use of them. ...

Another asparagus recipe; there’s two more, but I don’t think I’ll get them done before I go to France at the end of next week. (I’m going o...

Well I do have some catching up to do! I’ ve been cooking loads – not all Grigson dishes, but a few. Trouble is, life keeps getting in the...

It is said that the English Springtime officially commenced with the start of the asparagus season. It is a shame that everything we do so f...

They say that you are what you eat, and being from Pudsey in Leeds , I suppose that makes me a Yorkshire tart, or something. One of my favo...

There are several ingredients in English Food that I have assumed that I won’t be able to cook, at least not in England. But watching telev...

I got me mates Kirsty, Keith and Thom over for a quintessentially English high tea for Bank Holiday Monday, and made some nice cakes. I did ...

The Grigson recommended getting another meal out of the shin of beef stew by simmering the stew away until nice and thick and stirring thro...

I have heard people talk of the shin cut of beef, and knew it is supposed to be very tasty but very tough - the legs being a well used part ...

I didn't realise that the kipper paste was my 50 th Grigson recipe; if I had been on the ball, I would have done a feast. Never mind -...

...the mice gorge themselves on meat! I awoke very late on Saturday morning with a stinking hangover. I was supposed to be at work by ten o’...

Went to Withington Hospital for my assessment today; I have to have all four wisdom teeth out! I only thought I'd need two. Bugger. Luc...

It seems I'm not having my teeth out now, a mistake on the letter; 'Oral Surgery' should have read 'Outpatient's appoint...

First off all I should apologise for my total blog tardiness of late; I have been very busy at University recently and so I've been work...

As well as the lovely orangeade, I thought I'd make a cake. As much as I love cooking and cake, I don't often make them. So I though...

I have had a single Seville orange sat in my fruit bowl for about a month, Saturday was nice and sunny so I thought I'd make (#46) Rich ...

I invited Clive from work to help me finish off the last of the game I got from Bury Market last night in the form of (#44) English Game Pie...

According to the Grigson, she tried putting parsnips rather than carrots in a carrot cake, and according to her, parsnip cake totally shits...