

Does anyone make soufflé anymore?
"It feels more like magic than cooking." Nigel Slater I'm attempting a bit of a tidy up of my desktop pile of books of potential...
Mar 1, 2022


On magic, perfection, mystery, Elizabeth David and Mère Poulard's omelette
"one of life's simplest, quickest and most pleasant dishes." Delia Smith "Once upon a time" begins Elizabeth David's classic essay An...
Jan 24, 2022


Scrambled eggs
"Scrambled eggs are eggs at their most egalitarian: socialism in inexpensive, edible ovoid form." Tony Naylor - The Guardian Life is...
Jan 11, 2022


Worrying about aioli
"Casting salt and a squeeze of lemon juice aside, the recipe only has three ingredients: get one of them wrong and the whole thing loses...
Oct 3, 2021


I failed - lucky dip
"failure is funny, and makes for great story-telling" Claire Lower - Lifehacker The above is what I was aiming for last night for dinner....
Sep 16, 2021


Egg sandwiches - better than you think
"The beauty of course lies in the simplicity, which means that it’s incredibly easy to balls up." Helen Graves I've been browsing the net...
Aug 19, 2021


Use it all the Cornersmith way
"buy less, buy whole, use it all." Alex Elliott-Howery and Jaimee Edwards" At last I'm getting to my birthday present cookbook which is...
Jul 13, 2021


Scotch eggs are not Scottish
"a patriotic counterpart to the usual modern British picnic fare of foccacia and Ottolenghi salads. The scotch egg, being robust,...
Mar 19, 2021


Lucky dip - Avgolemeno - soup or sauce?
"This vibrant lemon and egg soup may cause you to weep with joy upon mastery." Meghan Splawn - Kitchn Like I said the other day, summer...
Mar 3, 2021

