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- Oct 30
Leftover chicken solved - pasta
"Carbs ... they're standing by, patiently waiting for us to remember their generous, soothing nature, and their accommodating capacity to...
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- Aug 26
Herbes de Provence
"When tidying up your herbs at the end of the summer, cut lots of each, tie them in bundles, dry in a cool, dry, airy place and turn them...
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- Aug 15
The second time around
I tried to find an appropriate quote for this post, but although I found quotes about 'the second time around' they were almost all...
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- Aug 14
Watermelon, feta, mint
"I know, I know. Yet another watermelon, feta, and mint salad recipe. Do we need one?" J. Kenji López-Alt/Serious Eats Indeed, but then...
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- Jun 4
"Remove the skin and seeds from the peppers"
"Ajvar preparation is somewhat difficult, because it requires considerable manual labour, particularly for peeling the roasted peppers." ...
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- May 26
Old things
"Whether we grow herbs, eat them, or take them as medicine, they carry us, if we stop to think about them, far back into history."...
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- May 11
Green herbs, chicken and Madhur Jaffrey
"It is divine: rich, sophisticated, flavourful, ultra-curry but with a delicate complexity unknown to most who have not tried real...
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- Mar 27
Sage and onion
"THE TRICK: Throw the Paxo out of the window." Nigel Slater Like many British people of my age I grew up with Paxo packet stuffing, and...
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- Feb 21
Seriously easy
"This basil scented dish is simply delicious, there’s not really much more I can say than that. Whether you are making it for you, or...
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- Feb 7
En passant
"if you say something en passant, you mention it quickly while talking about something else" Cambridge Dictionary So not really 'this...
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- Dec 5, 2022
Mint sauce(s)
"when done right, mint sauce is the key to turning casual summer dinners into something special." Salon.com I spent the morning weeding...
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- Oct 24, 2022
How we discovered Middle Eastern Food
"It is the fruit of nostalgic longing for, and delighted savouring of, food that was the constant joy of life in a world so different...
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- Oct 11, 2022
A great big bunch of fennel leaves
My gardening friend gave me a fennel bulb which I shall use in some delicious way yet to be decided. But it came with this great big...
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- Oct 5, 2022
Charter pie
"the 'Charter'. Was it sweet or savoury? Was it in fact food at all?" Jane Grigson It begins with this man - Parson Woodforde a Norfolk...
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- Sep 28, 2022
Parsley is a herb not a garnish
"food that survives the ages is food that is good for us." Jill Dupleix So says Jill Dupleix in her page of bon mots called Kitchen...
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- Jul 30, 2022
Crumbs
"something you wish to share with your online friends." Urban Dictionary "a small fragment" Merriam-Webster Actually I think that first...
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- May 12, 2022
Pasta con le sarde
"I have never experienced this dish in its native country. Paolo Moelli (Il Ghiottone Errante, 1935) describes it as 'discordant but...
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- Oct 27, 2021
Rosemary Olive cake - a cake for me
"The rosemary is the wild card factor here. And it's so good. It heats up in the oven as the cake is baking and permeates the cake in a...
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- Oct 16, 2021
Hot dipping
"The demand for dips in the European food industry is high. In 2019 research agency Euromonitor showed that sauces, dressings and...
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- Oct 5, 2021
So much parsley
"I can't think of any other food so often placed upon a plate with so little concern as to whether it actually gets eaten." Hugh...
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