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- 5 days ago
Nostalgia and the 'caff'
"I’m really genuinely terrified that we are losing for ever the caff. And I mean that very specifically: the caff not the cafe ......
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- Jan 26
French/Indian - did it happen?
"even while the European powers ruled, none of them had any effect on the basic diet of the local people. Rice, mainly 'boiled' rice ,...
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- Jan 2
First recipe, first book
"The only way to eat superb Indian food, with a guarantee of variety, quality and freshness of ingredients, is to learn to cook it for...
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- Dec 6, 2022
Malaysian food
"Roti, roti and more roti!" Granddaughter Abby Yesterday we received some photographs from my daughter-in-law, of the family eating out...
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- Nov 11, 2022
The ultimate fusion dish
"It's Japan's chilli, its bacon cheeseburger, its meatloaf and gravy all in one, a hangover-killing man meal found in bars and...
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- Oct 24, 2022
How we discovered Middle Eastern Food
"It is the fruit of nostalgic longing for, and delighted savouring of, food that was the constant joy of life in a world so different...
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- Oct 7, 2022
Chutney - especially mango
"What the British did was just simplify and standardise what seemed like a general Indian trend." Madhur Jaffrey This is Delia's version...
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- Sep 2, 2022
National cuisines and in defence of the English one
"A tapestry and patchwork quilt that embraces the best of the old traditions as well as the newer additions to our repertoire, which are...
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- Jul 29, 2022
World lasagna day
"Where the dish has endured is on the shelves of the supermarket." Sarah Barell/National Geographic I bet you didn't know it was World...
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- Jul 13, 2022
The challenge of a French vegetarian meal
This weekend the family is at last celebrating the three June birthdays at my son's house. We shall all be contributing to the feast. ...
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- Jul 7, 2022
Doncaster Japanese
“Being Japanese isn't just about the language – it is the service, the attitude.” Alvin Gani, Manager Ippudo Melbourne CBD Yesterday we...
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- Jul 6, 2022
Why Madhur Jaffrey is the queen of Indian cooking
"Madhur Jaffrey, who was a brit TV cook before it became trendy to be one, presents curries from the entire spectrum. There are some...
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- Jul 5, 2022
Fatima's fingers - Greg Malouf or Coles?
"Dubai’s a really tough place to be cooking Middle Eastern food. Middle Easterners have not embraced anything modern about their cuisine...
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- Jul 4, 2022
The 4th of July - hamburgers
"don’t let anyone tell you what should and shouldn’t go on your burger!" Nagi - Recipe Tin Eats Last night we were talking about how the...
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- Jun 26, 2022
Sicily - too much for a lucky dip
"dinners for the rich and food for the poor" Guiseppe Pitrè It's time I dealt with my Claudia Roden The Food of Italy lucky dip. It's...
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- Jun 22, 2022
'A circuitous route to 'A word from ...'
"Indecision is a decision" Jason Evert I meandered to this post from a starting point which was going to lead elsewhere. However, as I...
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- May 23, 2022
Nationalist sausages
"Pride is all very well but a sausage is a sausage" Terry Pratchett There was a short article in The Australian Financial Review at the...
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- May 14, 2022
Jalfrezi - fusion, leftovers - what's not to love?
The picture here is from The Times of India, and so, one assumes a truly authentic version. Well yes and no, because Jalfrezi is another...
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- Apr 26, 2022
Curry from the jungle - a lucky dip
The dish shown above is not Jungle curry. It is a dish called Pork curry with eggplant from an old Women's Weekly booklet Easy...
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- Apr 24, 2022
Why don't I make curry more often?
"The complex flavours of curries are governed by just three things: generous spicing; onion, ginger and garlic done just right; and...
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