Search


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
8 views
1 comment


Fragments
"Fragments - "a small piece or a part, especially when broken from something whole" Cambridge English Dictionary Busy, busy, busy today,...
Apr 5
8 views
2 comments


Loose ends
Loose ends: things that still need to be done or explained" Cambridge Dictionary At loose ends: Unfinished details, incomplete...
Mar 15
9 views
1 comment


Baked feta pasta - Again
"It's endlessly adaptable, all but foolproof. Most of all, it's just really, really good." Mary Elizabeth Williams/Salon Uninspired as...
Mar 9
5 views
0 comments


Sundries
"various items not important enough to be mentioned individually." Oxford Languages Christmas approaches and begins to dominate, so life...
Dec 21, 2024
8 views
0 comments


The cheese board
"When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?" George Carlin The inspiration for this particular post, although I have thought...
Dec 11, 2024
6 views
0 comments


Cheese rind umami
"Basically, if it comes to a boil, you might as well add rinds." Rebecca Firsker/Today For a year or more, probably more, I have indeed...
Dec 8, 2024
3 views
1 comment


Chop-chop
Chop-chop - " used to tell someone to hurry." Cambridge Dictionary Well I am in a hurry today. Dentist and shopping - done, but this...
Oct 16, 2024
6 views
1 comment


'A soup of cauliflower and cheese'
"maybe, just maybe, this might be the cauliflower cheese soup I have been searching for all my life. This might be the one that wouldn't...
Oct 11, 2024
11 views
2 comments


Olio
Olio: "A dish of many ingredients" Dictionary.com "a miscellaneous mixture" Merriam Webster Dictionary I confess I thought 'olio'...
Sep 12, 2024
6 views
1 comment


Elizabeth vs Nigel - pastry, onions, cheese
"my favourite savoury tart. It made it's first appearance in Appetite and I make it to this day." Nigel Slater A few weeks ago now, in...
Jul 12, 2024
48 views
1 comment


Panackarty, Pan Haggerty ...
"If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers." Doug Larson I have just...
Jun 10, 2024
7 views
2 comments


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...
May 29, 2024
7 views
0 comments


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...
May 25, 2024
8 views
1 comment


Soupçons
"soupçon - a very small amount." Cambridge Dictionary In French it also means a suspicion. So let's stay French - well only in that...
May 20, 2024
7 views
0 comments


What to do with those pickled onions
"open mouth, insert pickled onion, chew" TheSkewed/Reddit commenter Well yes indeed you - well I - could just eat them. And I have to...
May 14, 2024
3 views
0 comments


Amuse-bouches
Amuse-bouches: "a bite-sized hors d’oeuvre sent out at the whim of the chef, to whet diners’ appetites (or “amuse the mouth”) for the...
May 2, 2024
12 views
0 comments


The laughing cow has the last laugh
"The peeling of a Dairylea triangle and its taste transport me back to my childhood à la recherche du triangle perdu." Simon Majumdar...
Mar 25, 2024
9 views
0 comments


Pierogi from Poland
"You can boil, sauté, or fry them, but skip the cutlery and pick them up. It's like holding an edible stress ball." Chason Gordon/Vice...
Mar 17, 2024
11 views
2 comments


"Add as many herbs as you like"
"Surely he didn’t mean a whole bunch of rosemary?" Rachel Roddy This post has turned out to be a mix of a couple of ideas that I had...
Mar 14, 2024
6 views
0 comments