A recipe for an adaptable Arabic bread salad similar to panzanella
My first hospitality job was at the Bottle Inn in Marshwood, Dorset, in 1997. On my first shift waiting tables, I spilled gravy down a poor customer’s dress, and it was quickly agreed that it might be best if I work in the kitchen. I’ve never looked back.
It was there that I met my friend and mentor Ben “Pig” (named after the pigs he kept in his garden). Ben previously worked at the River Cafe with his brother Jake Hodges, who went on to open Moro in London with Sam and Sam Clark. Ben and Jake’s parents lived in the south of Spain, and the heavy Moorish influence on the region’s cuisine became my foundation in cooking.
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