Sid Khullar - Chef at Large

Breakfast this morning was an uninspired platter of buttered (low fat) toast with fried eggs, sunny side up. For some reason, Cherie has started disliking fried eggs which used to be her favorite. Interestingly, she couldn’t get enough of mushrooms in the past and now she can’t run far enough from them.
I completely forgot to [...]

During my stay at Hollingwood Hall, I had a few opportunities to cook for my housemates. The first of these meals comprised of an elaborate pork dish that was stewed in coconut milk and a bunch of spices, simple potatoes flavored with cumin seed, a salad, rice and some wine. I’m quite used to people [...]

Alone tonight, I forgot to shop, so sat on the kitchen floor to investigate the stock on the shelves.
Quite interesting - I wonder, when I will ever eat three jars of honey?? I ended up with a small can of tomatoes, some dried, wild, Italian mushrooms, dried pasta called Mafalda Corta (from Naples! - I [...]

We awoke to watery sunshine then went back to sleep.  We dozed for ages, it was so relaxing.  We read and drank coffee then went for a drive at about 3.00pm, by which time it was raining again.  We climbed Mont D’Or where D had been the previous evening but the 56 steps of the [...]

I cooked this for dinner yesterday. It’s interesting what innovative dishes you come up with, when you don’t really have a choice of cooking implements or ingredients.
Looking up my inventory, I chopped up some courgettes, spring onions, potatoes, smoked sausage, mushrooms and french beans. Heated some oil, fried a little cumin seed, added some finely [...]

What you’re seeing here, is the world’s most expensive coffee machine. With 3,100 Swarovski crystals embedded in the body, it can be bought from Goldstriker.
Some specifications below, in case you want to know what you’re buying:
• Depth: 23 cm Height: 23 cm Width: 22.6 cm
• Weight: 4,50 kg
• Power: 1260 Watts
• Aluminium Cup Warmer
• Removable [...]

We a woke to sunshine and I wore my summer clothes.  We had breakfast of fried eggs and mushrooms on  toasted sunflower bread, it was lovely.  French eggs all seem to have very yellow yolks and they are always delicious.  We read a little in the sunshine but soon had to have a little snooze…
We [...]

This is the 301st post on Chef At Large. I just noticed it and it sounds like such a big number. Doesn’t seem that large in practice, since I had such a great time cooking, photographing and writing. Thank you all for visiting Chef at Large.
Guess that provides a reason for the change of look. [...]

I’m sad today. One of my favourite-est food sites on the net - Taste Spotting, has been shut down, due to, as they say, ‘legal complications’. Without pondering over the cause, Tastespotting provided so much inspiration for my food pictures, garnishes and recipes, that one could well consider it a ‘mother lode’ of sorts, when [...]

Hello All,
I’m changing the theme of Chef At Large and things may alternate between wonky, woozy, topsy-turvy and mishy-mashy for a while till I’m done.
Bear with me please.
- Sid