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5 days ago
Water - a quote
"Shapes cooked in water in order to make something to eat." Rachel Roddy Rachel Roddy is, of course, talking about pasta, but what she...
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Oct 31
David's kitchen
"Oh my God, I grew up in the kitchen. Absolutely. The kitchen, for me, is home." Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark Continuing with...
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Oct 30
Coleslaw - not what it used to be
"Like many other culinary words – carpaccio, confit, trifle – its meaning has broadened, and now cabbage may not even be present at all."...
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Oct 22
Canada - " it's not just about the poutine"
"Okay, quite a lot of it's about the poutine" Hostelworld Indeed it is - it appears at the top of most top ten lists, but I have...
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Oct 8
Art, food, the curriculum
"The great thing about making art about food is that it is all around you" The Tate I've been putting this topic off in my Food...
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Aug 29
Blending cultures/culture wars in New York
"Chopped cheese isn't a Philly cheesesteak nor is it similar. This is New York, not Philly, bro!" Romel Bruno/Serious Eats This is a...
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Aug 27
Different noodles, different dish
"What matters is balance" - Nigel Slater I began with a dish - Curry mee from Madhur Jaffrey's Far Eastern Cookery - quickly became...
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Aug 13
Greenland - so little and so much
"the sea giveth and giveth plenty" Greenland Adventures In recent years the world has become aware of Greenland because of the Greenland...
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Aug 3
Egg and chips for tea
"Two perfectly fried eggs and a huge side of chips cooked by someone who loves you. It’s the ultimate comfort food: crispy fried potatoes...
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Jul 1
Iceland - what really is a national dish?
"we're talking about a cuisine deeply influenced by isolation and the harsh climates of the North." Campervan Reykjavik I'm continuing...
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Jun 29
75 years ago - the food view from here
"We're Keele and we're different. Founded 75 years ago to meet the demands of a new kind of society, economy and world, our principles...
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Jun 17
"Reclaiming the magical herstory of food" - a website
This is a lady called Danielle Prohom Olson who lives in the town of Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. She has a...
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Jun 15
Food for the soul - religion in the curriculum
"Our life is made by the death of others." Leonardo da Vinci I have been avoiding moving on through my food curriculum recently because...
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Jun 8
Cobblers - anything goes comfort food
"The whole point of cobbler is that it's easy" Daniel Gritzer/Serious Eats It's a miserable kind of day - the sort of day when your...
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May 29
Poutine - trendy junk food
"when seen for the first time, poutine looks like a culinary catastrophe." Rebecca Nicholson/The Guardian Indeed it does, but then...
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May 25
Making cheese at home
Ricotta, cottage cheese, paneer - what else? This was just going to be about ricotta because Rachel Roddy was waxing lyrical about it in...
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May 16
Tablecloths
"A kid under a tablecloth insists he’s a ghost. A table underneath a tablecloth is, I guess, like the rest of us, only pretending to be...
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May 13
"Finland is the green vigour of a forest"
"Much Finnish cooking suggests the outdoors, the pleasures of the campfire." Dale Brown - Time/Life The Cooking of Scandinavia Finland...
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May 10
Knish - Jewish pasties
"It’s heavy, redundant, and resolutely mild — not remotely designed to ignite your taste buds in any way — but, at its best, it’s also...
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May 6
Chicken butter cream - the real deal?
"Who invented the butter chicken? None of them did. It's like asking: Who discovered fire? Butter chicken was probably made at several...
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