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- 6 days ago
Hot and crunchy - black pepper
"as with olive oil, salt and other basics we once considered boring, pepper is going gourmet." Jon Henley/The Guardian "Hot beans on...
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- Oct 12
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...
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- Oct 7
The challenge of feeding families
"Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by...
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- Oct 1
Venice leeks and what's for dinner tonight?
"Perhaps no one ever gets to know Venice as much as they remember her, recall her from an episode in some other dream." Marlena de Blasi...
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- Sep 21
Deconstructing Tomates Provençales
"Why mess with perfection?" Jamie of Jamie and Julia I began with this Baked tomatoes, crumbs and herbs from Nigel Slater in a recent...
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- Aug 24
Brunch at Nopi - well not really
"Call it breakfast, call it brunch – it’s usually something topped with a couple of poached eggs, served with a strong flat white. Hold...
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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 2
Ottolenghi fish - a lucky dip
"One of my favourite recipes. Serve at room temperature with a chunk of bread." Yotam Ottolenghi Well possibly - here are a couple of...
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- Jul 4
Peas, tahini and za'atar - leftovers
"How can you take a few ingredients and turn them into magic?" Oksana Richie/Instagram This was going to be just one item in one of those...
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- Jun 29
From Proust to Ottolenghi via tables and websites
"How can we use food as a tool to create beautiful memories for ourselves and our loved ones? This blog is to help us to create those...
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- Jun 13
Ottolenghi's tomato tarts
"The best thing to do to overcome feeling downcast and gloomy is to eat tomatoes a few times a week, say researchers." The Health Site I...
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- Jun 8
Pretty in pink - and green
“If cauliflower can be rice, can radishes be potatoes?” Janelle Rohner on TikTok I'm talking about radishes and peas here, not just...
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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 30
Cornbread - I'm confused
"Everyone at least agrees that the best cornbread is made at home" Felicity Cloake "all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good,...
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- May 4
Coincidence, heaven and bougatsa
"a dessert called bougatsa made her believe in heaven." Michelle de Kretser Next week is book group week and I am currently reading the...
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- Apr 29
Carrot soup
"a recipe designed to be as fluid as the weather" Nigel Slater Yesterday I wrote about boredom and looking at the title of this post you...
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- Apr 24
Specks
"Speck - a tiny patch or spot" Vocabulary.com Speck So these are not really specks - they are too big, but it is Speck with a capital S...
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- Apr 16
Knafeh
The picture above is from the latest Coles Magazine and featured in their Cooking Club segment - in which one of the' ordinary' people...
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- Mar 9
In passing
"done or said when your main focus is something different" Oxford Learner's Dictionary "briefly and casually" Google? My main focus in...
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- Mar 6
Do as you're told
"Do what you're told and everything will be alright" Norman Jewison When it comes to cooking it's a dilemma. Do you do what you're...
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