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Artichokes begin with A
"The artichoke, like the oyster, is a food that makes an indelible impression on the untried tongue." Bert Greene And because they begin...
6 days ago


Rambling again - a pasta dish
"Best eaten after sturdy exercise in the open air." The Food of Italy This is a typical Rosemary's ramble, beginning with the usual what...
Jul 3


Australian garlic
"So many benefits in this humble little plant" Nick Diamentopoulos Whenever we go to France - no more alas - we always at some point...
Jun 23


Unloved fusilli and its friends
"three small wings elegantly twisted on themselves, in a spiral movement." Barilla I had a feeling that fusilli, those short spiralised...
Jun 4


Genteel eggs
Coddled, baked, shirred, en cocotte, moulded eggs, egg-in-a-cup - not poached - but I'm confused This all began with this rather lovely...
May 27


Angel hair
“Angel hair just lands on your chin like the strands of a wet mop.” Bon Appétit "The thin strands absorb sauce like few other pastas...
May 23


Pomegranates and pasta?
"The unexpected joy of combining pomegranates with traditional pasta" WIX AI post title suggestion This is the nearest I could get to an...
May 8


Onions, potatoes, carrots - comfort
"the heart-warming glow that comes from cooking cheap ingredients slowly." Nigel Slater I'm determined to be better at emptying my...
May 7


Underused shallots
"Use shallots raw in a salad and they will sing harmoniously with your other veg; use onions when making a stew. Shallots when you...
May 4


Pumpkins, fairy stories and recipes
"A fat round pumpkin is used both as a candlelit ghoul at All Hallows and as a fairytale stagecoach to whisk Cinderella to the ball" ...
Apr 27


I found it - sort of
"Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones." Stephen King Remember yesterday my despair at not finding the tube of hot...
Apr 26


Mouthfuls
Mouthful "an amount of food or drink that fills your mouth, or that you put into your mouth at one time" Cambridge English Dictionary...
Apr 24


The seasonal divide
"I momentarily forgot that not all Spring celebrations are about Easter, that, for many, Easter isn’t a thing at all, and that not all...
Apr 23


Broccoli, pasta - ordinary - but ...
"What’s courageous about the timeless combination of broccoli and pasta?" Deb Perelman/Smitten Kitchen The answer is nothing of course. ...
Apr 22


The problems with first recipes
"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something." Henry...
Apr 15


Despised and unloved - green peppers
"Without heat - from a grill, an oven a cast-iron pan blackened with age - there is little point to the pepper. " Nigel Slater "I hate...
Apr 11


Chaat
"anything – crisps, samosas, leftover chana masala – can be chaat" Diya Mukherjee/Vittles I have been increasingly aware of late of...
Apr 8


Growing in the dark, dancing in the light
"the holy grail of rhubarb" Yotam Ottolenghi In his newsletter recently Yotam Ottolenghi told his readers about "the most unexpectedly...
Mar 31


Oatcakes
"are they one step up from the dreaded rice cake in your pantheon of worthy but dull foods?" Felicity Cloake After yesterday's...
Mar 28


Bread and butter
"Perhaps the most beautiful and uncomplicated thing you can put into your face." Joy the Baker During the night I did not feel that well....
Mar 27