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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
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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
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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
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Loose ends
Loose ends: things that still need to be done or explained" Cambridge Dictionary At loose ends: Unfinished details, incomplete...
Mar 15
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A problem of peaches
"Green fruit doesn’t mean bad fruit." Emma Laperruque/Food 52 I don't think I'm going to have much to say today because time is running...
Jan 29
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Shrubs of the non-bushy kind
"It starts with a syrup that’s a combination of vinegar, fruit, and sugar. The fruit tastes like its truest self and the vinegar cuts...
Dec 31, 2024
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Pickled fruit
"Pickled fruits go far beyond the role of accompaniment. They can be part and parcel of a recipe, too." Nigel Slater If you remember I...
Dec 30, 2024
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An AI suggestion
"The unexpected joy of combining pomegranates with traditional pasta" Wix AI Wix has taken to generously providing me with three AI...
Dec 21, 2024
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Watermelon and pomegranates
Yesterday's painting of the day from Cézanne was the above - Watermelon and Pomegranates. Well it's food isn't it, so this is my today's...
Dec 19, 2024
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Robert Carrier, chicken and grapes
"The grapes will soften, relax and caramelise into the winey sauce at the bottom of the pan. The sweetness compliments the chicken, and...
Oct 7, 2024
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A Turkish? salad - collected or created?
"a thrilling mix of flavours, textures and colours that is almost too glorious to look at." Claudia Roden Geography is what has guided...
Sep 22, 2024
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More mayo - this time with pineapple
"a pineapple sandwich is one of those foods that it seems only Southerners love and appreciate." Southern Living This one began with a...
Sep 17, 2024
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Itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy
"itty-bitty - extremely small (see also itsy-bitsy)" - Cambridge Dictionary Remember the nursery rhyme Itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the...
Jun 19, 2024
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Cobblers - anything goes comfort food
"The whole point of cobbler is that it's easy" Daniel Gritzer/Serious Eats It's a miserable kind of day - the sort of day when your...
Jun 8, 2024
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Authenticity - a book and a soup
"When you give of yourself through a dish, you aren't just feeding somebody's physical hunger, but a deeper longing for home, for a safe...
Apr 4, 2024
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TajÃn - a quickie
"So why should you use Tajin? Simply put, it just makes so many things taste better." Nancy Lopez-McHugh/The Spruce Eats I'm not a huge...
Mar 21, 2024
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"A gentle hum of happiness" Dessert
"a dessert must feel familiar, yet somehow improved." Yotam Ottolenghi Another day, another quote, this time from Yotam Ottolenghi - yes...
Mar 15, 2024
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No date syrup - so ...
"If you can’t find mulberry pekmez, use date syrup instead." Yotam Ottolenghi I put that quote at the top of this post, because it...
Feb 2, 2024
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Tamarind can do anything
"the optimal blend of umami and tang" Marion's Kitchen One more thing from the Black Cake book - tamarind. Well in the book it was...
Oct 12, 2023
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Flakes
"flake - a small, very thin layer or piece of something, especially one that has broken off from something" Oxford Learners'...
Oct 5, 2023
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