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Tfaya
Above is Tfaya baked chicken from Nargisse Benkabbou - now British, but born in Brussels to Moroccan born parents - chef and food...
3 days ago
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The mysteries of authenticity
"While the concept of a fried roll originates from China, the specific combination of chicken and ham is not a traditional Chinese...
3 days ago
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Lunch party decisions
"Please all, and you will please none." Aesop I haven't hosted a lunch party for ages - well I sort of don't count my occasional family...
Jun 11
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Pasta Primavera
"I find it very hard to imagine that prior to 1975, nobody in the history of the universe had thought to combine fresh spring vegetables...
Jun 6
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Intangible Mexico
"perhaps the most misunderstood country and cuisine on Earth." Anthony Bourdain Mexican food is huge. It is one of just four cuisines...
May 26
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BIR - British Indian restaurant food
I wanted not only to learn how to cook Indian food correctly, but also really get to know how all those spices and other ingredients...
May 5
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Cuba
"Cuban recipes share spices and techniques with Spanish cooking, with some Caribbean influence in spice and flavour. Food rationing,...
May 1
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Jollof rice - a quickie
“at home and in the diaspora, we will take up arms to defend anything and everything about it – its origin, preparation and by God, how...
Apr 30
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Khachapuri Imeruli
"For a population of less than 4 million, Georgia has more than 20 regional cheese breads" Alice Zaslavsky I have suddenly realised...
Apr 25
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Chaat
"anything – crisps, samosas, leftover chana masala – can be chaat" Diya Mukherjee/Vittles I have been increasingly aware of late of...
Apr 8
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Thank you Donald
"a mare labor - from the sea, work" Official motto for St. Pierre et Maquelon Yes thank you, because the Donald's maniacal tariffs have...
Apr 7
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A marginally disappointing purchase
"With stunning location and food photography throughout, Danube is your passport to a world of flavours, stories and traditions that will...
Mar 29
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Punjab - five rivers, five spices
No I haven't jumped from the Caribbean to India on my world tour of food. This is a lucky dip recipe which has led me here and there,...
Mar 18
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Lessons from a Persian mama
"This is a blog about food, pretty food pictures, love of life and celebrating different cultures" Hora Time for a look at another food...
Mar 12
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The Bahamas
"From space, the Bahamas is the most beautiful place on Earth." Chris Hadfield Technically we are still not in the Caribbean when we...
Mar 6
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Culinary (con)fusion - pasta adobo
"It is always funny when we realise our cultures overlap more than we differ." Greatist My sources for blog posts come from all sorts of...
Feb 24
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Bermuda - rum, and fish, fish, fish
"You can go to heaven if you want. I'd rather stay in Bermuda." Mark Twain Having returned to my kitchen series, I'm nowpicking up on my...
Jan 18
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OK let's do America - sort of
"If you're going to America bring your own food." Fran Lebowitz It seems to me that American food, just like British food, has a bad...
Dec 12, 2024
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Poor shopping = dinner challenges
"Nothing good will come from getting too fancy with these greens. They bask in simple treatment and become shy when long lists of...
Nov 28, 2024
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I forgot the Faroes
“The Faroese food, especially the fermented food, is something you keep to yourself, You eat it, but only if no one is looking.” Poul...
Nov 18, 2024
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