notesfrommusiciansJul 2, 20202 minMiklos Sebestyen’s Bean Soup With Smoked Pork Knuckles Growing up in Hungary, I was surrounded by people (my mum, grandmas, uncles and other distant relatives in the countryside) who cooked...
notesfrommusiciansJul 2, 20202 minVasily & Evgenia Petrenko’s Olivier SaladOlivier Salad has been the most popular occasion dish in Russia for many decades. No major celebration would happen without it. This...
notesfrommusiciansJul 2, 20201 minKyoko Nojima’s Fried Shiso AubergineI am originally from Japan, although I now live in France, and this dish is real taste of home, loved by everyone who has tasted it....
notesfrommusiciansJun 18, 20202 minFeride Büyükdenktas’s Zeytinyagli DolmaMy grandma’s recipe for stuffed peppers in olive oil, this dish is prepared a day in advance and served cold with fresh lemon juice, a...
notesfrommusiciansMay 17, 20202 minElisabeth Plank’s Lazy KaiserschmarrnKaiserschmarrn is a traditional Austrian dish and can be eaten as a dessert or a main course. It is the ultimate in comfort food, but the...
notesfrommusiciansMay 17, 20202 minJoanna Marsh’s Butter ChickenIn 2009, my son Henry was 6 and was a frustratingly picky eater. He liked mashed potato, fish fingers, pasta and white rice: standard kid...
notesfrommusiciansMay 17, 20201 minEkaterini Papadopoulou’s Pastitsio My version of a Greek classic, real comfort food for troubled times, especially away from home as I am, living in Germany! Minced meat...
notesfrommusiciansMay 17, 20201 minRoxani Kamperou’s FasoladaMy grandmother used to make this, a classic Greek comfort-food dish, and it is cheap and simple to make - the ultimate in times of...
notesfrommusiciansMay 16, 20201 minNicholas Daniel’s Polish Apple PieOne day in lockdown, the glorious Pole says to me, “did you ever try Polish Apple Pie?” “No.” “Sit down, I will make you one.” Out comes...
NFMKApr 22, 20201 minMarina Staneva’s TaratorWhile I’m spending the lockdown in London I find myself preparing national dishes from my home country more than anything else. Tarator...
NFMKApr 22, 20201 minKatherine Broderick’s Saddleworth Potato Hash (Pronounced: P’tater ‘Ash)A cheap and easy one pot recipe from my neck o’ the woods. Serve with crusty bread, salted butter and lashings of brown sauce....
NFMKApr 22, 20202 minSarah Holford's Maggie’s Soupe au PistouThis was given to me by a wonderful friend in Monaco, Maggie, who was married to a local artist called Hubert Clerissi, and who worked as...
NFMKApr 18, 20202 minSir John Tomlinson’s Lancashire HotpotI grew up in the small town of Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, and as a boy, my mother cooked traditional Lancashire Hotpot, still one of my...
NFMKApr 18, 20204 minJamie Barton’s Butternut Squash ChiliI absolutely love making this chili in the autumn and winter... it's delicious, and beyond chopping ingredients, it's almost no work!...
NFMKApr 14, 20202 minNathalie Stutzmann’s Ultimate Quiche LorraineIt’s important to know that there are many different recipes for quiche Lorraine. But the one I make is from my grandmother (who was a...
NFMKApr 14, 20201 minAndrew Matthews-Owen's Stella's Bara BrithMy late mother, Stella, used to make this delicious boiled cake every other week. I would come home from school, make a cup of tea and...
NFMKApr 9, 20202 minGillian Ramm’s Veganzac BiscuitsBehold the VEGANZAC!!! It's the vegan version of the humble Anzac biscuit, which no self-respecting antipodean could be without in their...
NFMKApr 9, 20203 minJoshua Anand Slater’s Grandma John’s Indian Shepherd’s PieThis recipe for shepherd’s pie is Ellen John’s, my Indian grandmother, a Mumbai native, as told to my mother and as fed to hundreds of...
NFMKApr 6, 20201 minKati Debretzeni’s Mum’s Chicken Soup:Nothing like a good soulful Jewish chicken soup. We grew up on this, in times of need in Communist Romania, then later in Israel. For my...
NFMKApr 6, 20202 minIsabella De Sabata’s Italian GratinMy mother is an excellent cook and, having grown up during the war, had a horror of wasting food. I learned by eating her inventive...