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Poor shopping = dinner challenges
"Nothing good will come from getting too fancy with these greens. They bask in simple treatment and become shy when long lists of...
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Oct 13
Last night's dinner
'A mashup between a Western steak and a Chinese stir-fry" Marc Matsumoto/No Recipes In an attempt to tick off my 'new' dish for the week,...
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Oct 5
Bulgogi
"Chef-owned restaurants are the key to growing a cuisine." Hooni Kim/Serious Eats My older son and his family are currently in Korea...
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Sep 6
Fried red tomatoes
For dinner tonight I'm going to try that kefir fried chicken recipe I talked about the other day, so I have been pondering on what to...
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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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Apr 21
Trying to make a lucky dip interesting
"Writer's block is having too much time on your hands." Jodi Picoult "Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun." Daniel Pinkwater My lucky dip...
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Jan 19
Versatile potato peels
“It combines three things consumers love: a little bit of fried starch with ooey gooey cheddar cheese and bacon.” Chicago Tribune I...
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Dec 29, 2023
Tasters
Taster: "a small amount or short experience of something that is intended either to make you understand what it is like or to make you...
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Nov 2, 2023
Fried pizza - leftovers 4
"a small amount of ingredients go a long way with pizza" Jamie Oliver But I can't resist and always put too much on top and so my pizzas...
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Aug 23, 2023
Crunchy spaghetti
"to move freely, a starting point is required" Rachel Roddy My starting point today is this dish - Spaghetti all'assassina which Rachel...
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Jul 29, 2023
Chinese-American - kung pao
"just because it's a Chinese-American standard, complete with slightly-gloppy-sauce and mild spicing doesn't make diced chicken with...
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Jul 24, 2023
Wee drams
Dram "a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink, especially whisky" Cambridge English Dictionary "A pour of alcohol. The amount is...
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Jun 19, 2023
Rösti - not as straightforward as you might think.
"no one, as far as I can tell, has come up with anything even vaguely resembling a definitive rösti recipe" Felicity Cloake A rösti is...
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Jan 4, 2023
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 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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Oct 25, 2022
Corn fritters - one of those everyday things
"the caramelisation that occurs when sweetcorn comes into contact with a hot pan is a magic not easily sacrificed." Felicity Cloake "I...
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Aug 22, 2022
Samosas and/or bhajias for Zoe
"What you are tasting is the story of India itself - the product of the fluid forces of the great migrations and interactions that shaped...
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Nov 14, 2021
Panko
"Invented by soldiers and cooked only with electrical currents, panko could be the most interesting baked good since sliced bread."...
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Jul 29, 2021
Your onion bhaji is really a pakora
and it was invented in Britain "This dish does not really exist in Indian cuisine in the Indian sub-continent, but it has shot to fame,...
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