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- 3 days ago
Whim whams
"This kind of thing is more a delicious mouthful at the end of a meal, than a pudding." Jane Grigson It's not the end of a meal - I'm...
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- Jan 4
Rambling around a bread challenge
"the satisfaction of one answer merely leads to asking another question, and so on into infinity." Alberto Manguel David bought this...
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- Dec 30, 2022
I have six egg yolks
"they are a magical ingredient that can transform a drab dish into something divine and spectacular." Tom Hunt You might remember that...
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- Dec 16, 2022
So much lettuce
"Lettuce is not mere padding or blank backdrop for more exotic or shouty salad ingredients – it's a summer vegetable as worthy of...
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- Dec 15, 2022
Bubble and squeak
"As kitchen recycling goes, this is probably the most useful of all, neatly dispensing with those most difficult of leftovers." Nigel...
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- Nov 13, 2022
Trifles
"Trifle - a matter or object of little value or importance." Cambridge English Dictionary I guess I'm hoping that what I write, although...
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- Oct 30, 2022
Don't throw that spent corn cob away
"Spent corn cobs harbour masses of flavour that is a shame to waste." Tom Hunt Because - would you believe? - you can make this gorgeous...
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- Sep 8, 2022
A bag of Brussels sprouts and some milk
First thought - Is it brussels (after the city and should it be capitalised) or is it brussel? I think the Americans think it should be...
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- Sep 7, 2022
Gleanings
"to obtain information, knowledge, etc., sometimes with difficulty and often from various different places" Oxford Learner's...
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- Aug 29, 2022
The guilty satisfaction of empty things
By things I mean jars, bottles, packets, tins ... all the things containing all the consumables you use in your lifetime. By...
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- Aug 1, 2022
Frugality - Delia versus delicious.
"we never knew how much we loved broccoli until we couldn't afford it." delicious. Yesterday was to be our family birthday party for our...
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- Jul 28, 2022
A chicken and Brussels sprouts challenge
"Romans called these tender buttons bullata gemmifera (diamond-makers) because consumption was rumoured to enhance a diner's mental...
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- Jul 10, 2022
Renewal
"Astonish me in the morning!" Tyrone Guthrie As you know, as well as writing this blog, to entertain myself I take photographs as I...
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- Jun 28, 2022
Which recipe would you choose?
"food writing is so cool, calm and collected that it’s nearly hypnotic" A Cookbook a Month So I have this big bag of silverbeet, some of...
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- Jun 21, 2022
David just can't resist
"The croissant is only acceptable as a breakfast food and, unless you live a life of gilded luxury, only at weekends. It is a matter of...
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- Jun 18, 2022
Some leftovers
"Leftovers - something, especially food, remaining after the rest has been used." No this is not a blog about how to use up leftovers but...
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- Jun 17, 2022
Is there anything you can't stuff?
I dived down a bit of a TikTok rabbit hole here. I'll explain how I got there, but above is a recent TIkTok viral trend for Custard...
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- Jun 15, 2022
Orange peel
"Orange peel has a thousand uses, from marmalade and tea to scented firelighters and DIY kitchen spray" Tom Hunt David has been...
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- Jun 3, 2022
Cream - a guilty necessity
"Cream is milk's soul: the sweet, luscious top-of-the-bottle treat." Nikki Duffy/River Cottage Years ago now I made yet another cookbook...
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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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