Rick Stein's Long Weekends

Rick seldom does a cooking series that drags on interminably like many other chefs on TV. This series, like all his others, take you to the source of recipes around the world and shows you how the meal is cooked by the natives. Then Rick (often) shows his own version cooked in a domestic kitchen using easy-to-find ingredients.

So many of his recipes are part of my usual meals and change as he moves from country to country or his shows are repeated. One thing I am appreciative of is that Rick doesn't care for emulsions, towers or foams. Just great food, simply cooked to bring out the true flavours. Even his fusions are never confusions.

The death of his producer and partner in crime, David Prichard, is a dreadful loss to TV. I hope that Rick can continue his superb travel/cooking documentaries without David.