Aaron Vallance
@1dish4theroad.bsky.social
'Friday Night Chicken' - book out Apr 2027. 🍗🕯️🕯️
Shortlisted for Jane Grigson Trust award 2025
Food blog (Guild of Food Writers finalist '20 '21 '23)
⏩ https://www.1dish4theroad.com/
NHS doctor
Shortlisted for Jane Grigson Trust award 2025
Food blog (Guild of Food Writers finalist '20 '21 '23)
⏩ https://www.1dish4theroad.com/
NHS doctor
Pinned
Curry and Kneidlach: A Tale of Two Immigrant Families ( - by Shahnaz Ahsan and Aaron Vallance)
When an unexpected coincidence reveals a remarkable story of two families - one Jewish, one Bengali - united by their experience of immigration, racism, kindness, and food. By Shahnaz Ahsan and Aaron ...
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With all the new people over here, just thought I'd introduce this piece I was very proud to cowrite with @shahnazahsan.bsky.social. It's a story of two families - one Bangladeshi, one Jewish - united by experience of immigration, racism, kindness and food.👇
www.1dish4theroad.com/2019/11/shah...
www.1dish4theroad.com/2019/11/shah...
Sunday bun-day! Homemade Chelsea buns, using my go-to recipe via Felicity Cloake. 🥯
February 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Sunday bun-day! Homemade Chelsea buns, using my go-to recipe via Felicity Cloake. 🥯
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I always feel particularly happy when my Coffee and Walnut Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay. Yes, I adore the flavours but, more than that, I have such a deep emotional attachment to this classic bake. And I know that many of you do, too! www.nigella.com/recipes/coff...
Coffee and Walnut Layer Cake
Neither of my grandmothers, nor indeed my mother, was a baker but this cake is nonetheless the cake of my childhood. When I was little, I used to make it for my younger sister's birthday every year, b...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I always feel particularly happy when my Coffee and Walnut Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay. Yes, I adore the flavours but, more than that, I have such a deep emotional attachment to this classic bake. And I know that many of you do, too! www.nigella.com/recipes/coff...
I ❤️ this rhubarb and blood orange custard bun from the Bread Bread bakery stall at my local London farmers market. 🥯
February 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I ❤️ this rhubarb and blood orange custard bun from the Bread Bread bakery stall at my local London farmers market. 🥯
Homemade lemon tendercake. It's that time of year when we say farewell to our wonderful resident doctors in training in our NHS child mental health team. This cake has now become the customary send off - a wonderful @nigella.bsky.social recipe that always goes down a treat. 🍋
February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Homemade lemon tendercake. It's that time of year when we say farewell to our wonderful resident doctors in training in our NHS child mental health team. This cake has now become the customary send off - a wonderful @nigella.bsky.social recipe that always goes down a treat. 🍋
Homemade chicken paprikaš. Recipe via the wonderful 'The Balkan Kitchen' by Irina Janakievska. 🌶️
February 1, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Homemade chicken paprikaš. Recipe via the wonderful 'The Balkan Kitchen' by Irina Janakievska. 🌶️
Can't get enough of the chicken katsu sando at Katsuro. 🥪
January 31, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Can't get enough of the chicken katsu sando at Katsuro. 🥪
Pierogi and szarlotka (apple pie with cinnamon) at the wonderfully atmospheric candlelit bar at Ognisko.
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Pierogi and szarlotka (apple pie with cinnamon) at the wonderfully atmospheric candlelit bar at Ognisko.
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And a special #CookbookCorner shoutout for In Good Taste: What Shapes What We Eat and Drink — and Why It Matters by the wonderful @mallikabasu.bsky.social!
January 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
And a special #CookbookCorner shoutout for In Good Taste: What Shapes What We Eat and Drink — and Why It Matters by the wonderful @mallikabasu.bsky.social!
Thought I'd honour my mum's birthday - the first since her death - by baking a chocolate cake. Mum would always bake us a chocolate cake for our birthdays when we were growing up. I initially thought I'd keep it simple, with just a sprinkling of icing sugar...
January 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Thought I'd honour my mum's birthday - the first since her death - by baking a chocolate cake. Mum would always bake us a chocolate cake for our birthdays when we were growing up. I initially thought I'd keep it simple, with just a sprinkling of icing sugar...
Wonderful, generous Yemeni food at Paddington's Queen of Sheba.
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Wonderful, generous Yemeni food at Paddington's Queen of Sheba.
Mum's birthday today, the first one since her death. It's a strange juxtaposition: a day where we'd normally celebrate her birth, when her death is still so fresh in our hearts. It's quite hard to get my head around it all. Remembering her dearly, with a bowl of homemade chicken soup & kneidlach. ❤️
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Mum's birthday today, the first one since her death. It's a strange juxtaposition: a day where we'd normally celebrate her birth, when her death is still so fresh in our hearts. It's quite hard to get my head around it all. Remembering her dearly, with a bowl of homemade chicken soup & kneidlach. ❤️
Rainy day fish-finger bhorta, brightening up my evening. (love this recipe from @nigella.bsky.social's Cook Eat Repeat and online 👇) ☔
www.nigella.com/recipes/fish...
www.nigella.com/recipes/fish...
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Rainy day fish-finger bhorta, brightening up my evening. (love this recipe from @nigella.bsky.social's Cook Eat Repeat and online 👇) ☔
www.nigella.com/recipes/fish...
www.nigella.com/recipes/fish...
Sunday evening supper -
baked bean shaak, with eggs broken on top. (recipe via @urvashiroe.bsky.social's wonderful, Biting Biting) 🍳
baked bean shaak, with eggs broken on top. (recipe via @urvashiroe.bsky.social's wonderful, Biting Biting) 🍳
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Sunday evening supper -
baked bean shaak, with eggs broken on top. (recipe via @urvashiroe.bsky.social's wonderful, Biting Biting) 🍳
baked bean shaak, with eggs broken on top. (recipe via @urvashiroe.bsky.social's wonderful, Biting Biting) 🍳
Hunkering down in a bowl of homemade apple crumble. (the only question is - cream, ice cream or custard?) 🥣
January 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Hunkering down in a bowl of homemade apple crumble. (the only question is - cream, ice cream or custard?) 🥣
Homemade rice pud. I make various types, but in the mood this frosty weekend for a baked pudding with nutmeg. I love Felicity Cloake's recipe, which includes bay leaves, lemon rind, vanilla and a splash of Pedro Ximinez.
(And yes, I'm all for the skin!) 🍷
(And yes, I'm all for the skin!) 🍷
January 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Homemade rice pud. I make various types, but in the mood this frosty weekend for a baked pudding with nutmeg. I love Felicity Cloake's recipe, which includes bay leaves, lemon rind, vanilla and a splash of Pedro Ximinez.
(And yes, I'm all for the skin!) 🍷
(And yes, I'm all for the skin!) 🍷
I love how Anna Ansari evocatively weaves personal memoir and historical narrative into her cookbook, Silk Roads. I really enjoyed making her 'Risotto Alla Bukarese', Anna's homage to the Bukharan Jewish rice dish, bakhsh - a dish brought to Central Asia by Jews fleeing Persia in the 6th century. 🌿
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I love how Anna Ansari evocatively weaves personal memoir and historical narrative into her cookbook, Silk Roads. I really enjoyed making her 'Risotto Alla Bukarese', Anna's homage to the Bukharan Jewish rice dish, bakhsh - a dish brought to Central Asia by Jews fleeing Persia in the 6th century. 🌿
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It’s the custom: on January the 1st #RecipeOfTheDay just has to be Eggs in Purgatory. Just letting you know now in case I’m not up and running in the morning! Happy New Year, and may 2026 be kind to us all. www.nigella.com/recipes/eggs...
Eggs in Purgatory
You don't actually need to have a hangover to enjoy this for breakfast (or anytime), but there is something about this easy and quick dish of eggs cooked in a fiery tomato sauce that just hits the spo...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
It’s the custom: on January the 1st #RecipeOfTheDay just has to be Eggs in Purgatory. Just letting you know now in case I’m not up and running in the morning! Happy New Year, and may 2026 be kind to us all. www.nigella.com/recipes/eggs...
First sunrise of 2026. The days are getting lighter. Wishing you all good things for the year ahead. x
January 1, 2026 at 8:39 AM
First sunrise of 2026. The days are getting lighter. Wishing you all good things for the year ahead. x
My year in books! As you can see, I've been devouring food memoir, especially with so many superb ones out this year. Each one I found inspiring, particularly as I get on with writing my own. So many other food-themed books I'm looking forward to reading too. If you have any recs, I'd love to know!
December 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My year in books! As you can see, I've been devouring food memoir, especially with so many superb ones out this year. Each one I found inspiring, particularly as I get on with writing my own. So many other food-themed books I'm looking forward to reading too. If you have any recs, I'd love to know!
Homemade chocolate hazelnut cake for my wife's special birthday - recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social's wonderful 'Real Fast Puddings' (my copy so well used, it's just about holding together with sellotape!) Perfect with vanilla ice cream and spoonfuls of amarena sour cherries in syrup. 🍒
December 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Homemade chocolate hazelnut cake for my wife's special birthday - recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social's wonderful 'Real Fast Puddings' (my copy so well used, it's just about holding together with sellotape!) Perfect with vanilla ice cream and spoonfuls of amarena sour cherries in syrup. 🍒
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Reposted by Aaron Vallance
The perfect breakfast of elegant leftovers, Panettone French Toast is #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/pane...
Panettone French Toast
While I was tempted to call this Italian Toast, rather than the almost tactless Panettone French Toast, I felt the latter title had the benefit of conveying to you exactly what this is. You can certai...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The perfect breakfast of elegant leftovers, Panettone French Toast is #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/pane...
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🚨Last-minute present ideas for the thinking cook or, indeed, eater. Just get yourself to the nearest bookshop before it closes!
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🚨Last-minute present ideas for the thinking cook or, indeed, eater. Just get yourself to the nearest bookshop before it closes!
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Junior's recipe for baked cheesecake is a family tradition. We've been making it for twenty five years. My daughter's turn this year.
December 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Junior's recipe for baked cheesecake is a family tradition. We've been making it for twenty five years. My daughter's turn this year.
Grandpa's Christmas pièce de résistance - steamed sticky toffee apricot pudding! 🔥
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Grandpa's Christmas pièce de résistance - steamed sticky toffee apricot pudding! 🔥