Taste Etc: Lee Miller

Lee Miller wrote many recipes inspired by her travels around the world, including this one. In 1934, she moved from Paris to Cairo, where she took some of her most arresting surrealist photographs.

Lee Miller’s Cairo Cheese and Cucumber Salad

^{Serves 6}

^{› 225g Greek feta cheese
› 1 1⁄2 lemons, juice only
› 4 spring onions, finely chopped
› 3 1⁄2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
› 1 large cucumber, peeled and diced
› 1 green pepper, deseeded and diced
› 1 tablespoon fresh parsley and basil, finely chopped
› Freshly ground black pepper}

With a fork, mash feta cheese together with lemon juice and oil. Stir in onion, cucumber and green pepper. Sprinkle with herbs and grind over pepper. Chill in refrigerator for at least an hour and serve.

^{Ithell Colquhoun, Tate Britain, until 19 October. Lee Miller, Tate Britain, 2 October 2025 – 15 February 2026.}

^{This recipe is taken from Ami Bouhassane’s book Lee Miller: A Life with Food, Friends & Recipes, published by the Lee Miller Archives in 2017.}