Julie Friend

One of my favourite food writers, Rachel Roddy, refers to some of her recipes as ‘coat on’, implying you could run indoors and almost make it in haste with your coat on, if necessary. This shortbread for me is one of those and has actually been tested as such when...

I love Asian food - Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese - all of those fresh, aromatic flavours get my mouth watering just thinking about them. This selection of greens in the market in Hong Kong, just had me wanting to whip the wok out immediately, fry a few up and submerge...

Growing up, pickles for me were always either beetroot (which I disliked with a vengeance) or a jar of Garner’s onions, which only seemed to come out at Christmas. It’s a strong taste for a child but one which I have come to absolutely love (still not the vinegary...

The name bruschetta comes from the Italian verb ‘bruciare’ to burn or damage with fire. It was probably one of the first starters or appetisers that we saw introduced over here in Italian restaurants and something we could recreate at home quite easily.Of course, we...

I started playing around with botanicals in foods for The Tiny Table, as I really wanted to bring that sense of ‘eating your surroundings’ into the dishes I served. I am immensely lucky to live where I do as I am surrounded by fields of edibles and very often don’t...

As lockdown was announced I, like many in my industry, watched as my freelance chef work fell like dominoes from my diary. Thankfully, I had some regular writing work still for Kent Life magazine, but that was about it – parties, weddings and supper clubs were...