Welcome to my kitchen! Find what you want using the menus There are two. The one above my head is for the main recipe pages only. The one below gives you access to a variety of cooking articles, recipes, hints and basic cooking skills that I have put together over the years. You will find these menus on every page in this site. Tip Of The Week Microwave Lobster There is an old school of thought which says that lobster has to be cooked in a particular way and that microwave ovens are for heating soup. Don't listen to it. Microwaves are used in many professional kitchens much more than chefs are prepared to let on, and that's because they are a brilliant way of producing excellent results in record time. They are not some form of short-cut, but a genuine alternative way of cooking food, often to a perfection that is difficult to attain using any other method. With that in mind, lobster recipes will appear in this section from time to time which are designed purely for the microwave. Lobster With Lemon Sauce This recipe starts out with live lobster, which you either have to be prepared to kill yourself, or get the fish monger to do it for you and then rush home and get cooking right away