In pleasing climate action news, a rarity, Immediate Media Company hosted a thought provoking and packed out Climate Action Day recently for their teams with practical sessions, tips and intel. They have an audience of some 21m so this is good stuff. If you ever get to hear Clover Hogan, do

I’ve been plotting with the adult learning team at @britishlibrary.bsky.social and went in yesterday to check in with my partner in crime there Katy Jackson for some four years now (also known as “client” in polite circles). A glorious day for it and I can’t wait to tell you more

Eid Mubarak! Felt like an apt day to celebrate the contribution of Mughals to the Indian Subcontinent yesterday at the V&A Great Mughals exhibition with mum and sis. Worth a visit! Did you know the word moguls was inspired by them? (That’s an atashpan used to live cook meats at royal banquets btw)

Describe your perfect weekend brunch in one pic. Mine is kedgeree. I wrote a deep dive on it for the latest issue of National Geographic with my perfect recipe and best places to eat it in the UK too! Home made curry powder makes all the difference

There is a soil exhibition on at Somerset House and it’s worth a visit. Lots of absorbing digital installations, photography, video and sculptural work

In recovery mode from cooking this lunch for my outlaws (former in laws). Citrus, honey roast chicken with Zaa’tar, roast potatoes, oat and buckwheat apple crumble and a random salad with an equally random dressing pulled together last minute because a I ran out of time! Roll on Monday

This just arrived! Vegetable-forward recipes from Eastern Europe by Alissa Timoshkina. It’s beautiful and I love how the contents page and vegetables are so accessible.

If anyone needs a cheery meal also designed to clear any germs, bugs and sinus I went to Sambal Shiok and it is still excellent. The mango pudding was a refreshing end to the meal. I first met Mandy nine years ago when she did a pop up in Soho! Not sure where that time went

Just emerging from a long lunch with the family. I cooked Raan, roast leg of lamb, fenugreek and spinach dal, biryani style rice and Ren Behan’s Polish stonefruit bake with apples. Tired but happy, and full!

My latest recipe share is a whole chicken poached in fresh turmeric, ginger, star anise, black peppercorn, the ends and whites of spring onions, served with cavolo nero, buckwheat soba, black sesame seeds, spring onion greens, soy sauce and chilli oil. A family fave, method: youtu.be/iEp9Hex6k3c?...

Saturday was a friend’s BIG Birthday lunch at Cafe Cecilia in Hackney. Everything was beautiful, and it’s such a gorgeous space. Highly recommend if you haven’t been

Been a busy weekend of enjoying being spoilt by friends. My friend treated me to late Birthday lunch at Hoppers, and it is still excellent. She insisted we order the podi dosa, which has gunpowder set in the batter as it crisps. So good!

Lunch at an event to discuss how we attract more young people from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds organised by the @nfudc.bsky.social where I was keynote speaker. I should have picked the veggie kebab, but can we make salad bowls standard practice instead of stodgy sarnies please?

Thrilled to share that I’m now writing Planet Friendlier features in Good Food, Britain’s biggest selling food magazine. The Managing Ed Lulu Grimes once told me that regular food writing columns are as rare as hen’s teeth so I hope you’ll excuse the exuberance in my kitchen! #foodsky #food #planet

I think I may have found the best Awadhi Biryani in London. And you know I wouldn’t say this lightly! The restaurant is called BKC, or Biryani Kebab Chai. The kebabs, chaat and chai were excellent too. Definitely order the fish fingers which turned out to be Amritsari fish!

I’m a big fan of Keshia’s work and I’ve been waiting for this to land! She ran a successful supper club with a historian on Caribbean food. Can’t wait to get stuck in! #booksky #cookbooks #whatscooking 🍜🍽️💙📚

Just did a career talk for a room full of sixth formers at an East London school about food, drink and hospitality. They were just so brilliantly engaged and exhausted me with their excellent questions. In all the doom and gloom about, young people give me so much hope!

Came back from a little break to my winter warming, plant powered recipes in Waitrose Weekend. A really lovely feeling and I hope you’ll enjoy cooking them as much I did writing and eating! Recipes here: www.weekend-online.com/issue729/%2328