Alex Rushmer’s Duck Breast with crackling, pickled cucumber & spiced tobacco caramel

This was one of the recipes we cooked at the Masterchef Cookalong at the recent BBC Good Food Show. We made this recipe within the 30 minutes, except for the crackling as we didn’t have enough time for that. It is much simpler than I expected and the caramel is a deliciously fragrant invention, well…

Lunch with Prosecco Riccardo at the Old Hat Supper Club

Prosecco Riccardo sponsored a lovely lunch at the brand new supper club, The Old Hat Club. A bunch of food and wine bloggers were invited along to lunch be introduced to the new range of Prosecco from a small producer from the Prosecco region in Northern Italy. Eschewing the traditional model of selling wine, Ritchie Tomadin…