Neil Cooks Grigson

No I’d never heard of one either. A junket is made by mixing milk with rennet and letting it curdle, adding whatever flavour you wish. Essen...

‘ Tis the end of the game season here in Old Blighty ; though any game fans out there needn ’t panic as rabbit is available all year round....

It was British Pie Week the other week – and I admit I was a bit tardy making a pie in time but better late than never, innit. The trouble w...

Here’s something I wasn’t sure I’d ever actually get to cook! The woodcock is Britain’s smallest game bird – it’s very well camouflaged and ...

Thus far I have enjoyed making the preserves in English Food and was very much in the mood to make a new one – the Banana Chutney was sele...

There was no way I was throwing out the carcasses of the roast pheasants, so I did my research and came up with this soup which used up all ...

As we are being constantly reminded of Global Recessions and Credit Crunches in the news, I thought it’s best to get as thrifty as possible ...

For dessert, Charmolian requested Whim-Wham. Not a proper dessert, but more a “tasty mouthful”. Here at Grigson Towers, we’re all about tast...

I commented earlier how nice it was to have leek tarts because the leek is so under-used as a vegetable in its own right. Well, another vege...

Ahhh! The bread sauce. A total necessity to go with roast pheasant (or with any roast game or poultry). You don’t get much a more English ac...

The Roast Pheasant was obviously the star of the meal – not just because it is a meat we don’t eat enough of, but also from my point of vie...

The first thing to get ready was the Little Leek Tarts . These seemed very simple to make – a leek puree baked in puff pastry (bought, I mig...

I’ve got a bit of catching up to do – this weekend was a Grigson frenzy; 5 in one day!! I had been toying with doing a reasonably elaborate ...

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...