Neil Cooks Grigson

This one is a piece of piss to make and comes from a chap who owns (or, I presume owned now, as this book is quite old) a restaurant in Cire...

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday and so to not repeat myself with common or garden crepe style pancakes, I thought I’d be controversial and try ...

It was my turn to make a cake for the Evolutionary Biology department’s Wednesday Cake Day, and as there are many a non-Briton in the depart...

Been very busy with work and decorating folks, sorry for being a little slack of late. I have had the chance to do a couple of recipes – try...

A good honest hotpot deserved a good honest pudding. I wanted a desert-version of a hotpot and went for this apple and raisin pie. This, peo...

Last week I took the afternoon off work to go shopping with Butters to Cheshire Oaks to spend money I don’t have. One of the main reasons I ...

The quinces I bought the other day were beginning to look a bit sad and I needed to use them up with something. I really like quince, so qui...

After the reasonable success of the crumpets, I thought I should carry on the bread theme and use up some more of the yeast. I didn’t even h...

I had people coming over for a nice Thai meal and initially thought I’d make some light fresh Thai-style dessert to go with it. Then I thoug...

With the Jerusalem artichokes I bought in Unicorn, I thought I’d do Butters and I a nice swish, yet healthy, salad. For some reason this sal...

Charlotte and I have been very excited about the prospect of making our own crumpets for a while – just how do you get all the hole in!? We ...

I went into Unicorn in Chorlton, Manchester to stock up on my favourite seasonal fruit and vegetables – this time of year they are quince, J...

When I made the chestnut soup the other day, I made sure that there was enough spare to make this dish. I had bought a brace of partridge fr...

I’m a chestnut fan, but I’ve not ever cooked with them, except for roasting. In fact I’ve only ever eaten them roasted or in a pork stuffing...

Whilst perusing the little fishmongers in Stockport, me and Charlotte spotted boiling chickens for sale. This is quite weird as I always kee...

Charlotte and myself when to the bustling metropolis that is Stockport at the weekend to buy boots (Charlotte) and to take back a plane to B...

I’ve heard of the lardy cake and once saw someone making one on telly. I remember thinking that it looked pretty marvellous. For those of yo...

After the success of the Welsh Cawl last month and since it’s been fookin’ freezing of late I thought I’d try something similar - Mutton an...

..one and all! It’s been quite a bumped year for the Grigson experiment; thanks to everyone for reading the blog and huge kisses to all thos...

The next most most exciting thing about Christmas dinner after the turkey, is probably the flaming Christmas Pudding. I had already made th...