A Private Chef

The Chronicles of chutney

Or some such nonsense...

Oct 5 • 

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September 2025

The search for autumn

Guanciale and rainstorms.

Sep 14 • 

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Two lovely sauces for you

And the trouble with wasps

Sep 2 • 

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August 2025

No one likes a bully

Tom (not his real name), what a prick.

Aug 25 • 

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A metaphorical postcard #6

Brambles, fig leaves and a large seal named Simon

Aug 10 • 

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July 2025

An index of interesting recipes

There's over one hundred of my techniques listed for you here

Jul 27 • 

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Pickled, sweet cured and salted

Cured tuna 'Mojama', pickled walnuts and a sea-trout gravadlax

Jul 23 • 

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Sorbets and anarchy

In no particular order

Jul 14 • 

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June 2025

"I can hear myself again here" – Will Cooper on swapping London kitchens for countryside craft

Meet the 'slow food' writer who makes his own natural ingredients, nerds out on local history, and chose curiosity instead of a Law degree

Published on Ways of Life • Jun 30

Apricot and pistachio clafoutis

Old Sauternes and a meddlesome ghost

Jun 29 • 

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On inspiration and influence

Adjusting a mindset

Jun 28 • 

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Pickled walnuts, and other nice things

Pickled green walnuts, Mr Ellis the enigma, and big ripe tomatoes ‘tonnata’ style

Jun 23 • 

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