There are some food awareness days/weeks we particularly look forward to and National Curry Week is certainly one of them. It’s not just because Asian food is one of our specialities here in the SK kitchen, although that obviously makes events like this even more interesting (we don’t get as excited for World Porridge Day for example!). […]

Today is the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event for people facing cancer. It’s a great cause and one we here at SK certainly support. There may not be anything more quintessentially British than a cup of tea, but you still can’t beat a damn fine cup of coffee (credit: Agent Cooper, Twin […]

It’s National Rice Week and it’s fair to say, given we specialise in Asian food, that were are all over it! Incredibly, rice is the mainstay of food for over half the world’s population and has become much more than just an accompaniment in a dish. It’s very versatile and can be used to make […]

Fusion is an overused word in our business, especially when all it effectively means is combining different types of food. We like to KISS here in the SK kitchen and by that we mean Keep It Simple Stupid, so fusion, along with rustic, artisan, authentic, farm to table and many, many more, incur the wrath […]

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” When an author of Henry James’ stature says that, it would be foolish to disagree, so when we discovered the date of this year’s annual afternoon tea, we couldn’t wait to start cooking. But before you […]

Cherries are causing quite a stir on the internet. No one can deny cherries are tasty, sweet and good for you, but if you’re going to cook with them you have to face the issue of getting the pit (or stone) out as cleanly as possible. 

Wimbledon starts on Monday. That means, for many, it’s time to pretend they enjoy watching two people (or four if it’s doubles) hitting a ball repeatedly at each other for hours. No doubt, the municipal tennis courts (if they are any left) around the country will also start filling up as Murray fever, and hopefully […]

We don’t often blog about drinks, given our forte is food, but we are making an exception for world gin day. And, believe it or not, we also have a gin-based recipe, but more of that in a while. The organisers of World Gin Day, now in its 9th year, must be rubbing their hands […]

We’re all used to fish and chip Friday but it’s even better that today is also National Fish and Chip Day. Believe it or not, as a nation we spend £1.2bn on the battered good stuff every year, eating our way through an amazing 382 million portions! We were intrigued by a recent survey which […]