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- Nov 20
Chaff
CHAFF: "1: the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing. 2: worthless things; rubbish." Oxford Languages Well...
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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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- Oct 25
Making pasta
"the essential nature of pasta is simple. Take some flour and water, take some flour and eggs, combine, knead, rest, shape. Or go buy...
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- Oct 24
"Stuff the paccheri" (or not)
"it can also be stuffed and baked or just filled." The Pasta Project 'Just filled'. Oh yes? And how do you do that? And why am I...
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- Sep 16
Orzo or rice? with chicken
"an urgent need for dishes that served to soothe rather than excite. " Nigel Slater Nigella gets top billing again - this time with her...
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- Sep 7
Capsicum (peppers) and pasta
"The most suitable type is the variety you have, and the right quantity of it: quanto basta (or how much is enough), which is both a...
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- Aug 23
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 13
Anchovies and breadcrumbs
"Parmesan of the poor" Sicilian saying Anchovies are one of those foods that people either love or hate. In this household we have one...
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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 16
Bland - some thoughts and a recipe
"Bland: lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting. Unseasoned, mild-tasting, or insipid." Oxford Languages...
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- Jun 5
Hodgepodge
"Hodgepodge: a jumble, a heterogenous mixture" Merriam-Webster Dictionary "a confused mixture, a hotchpotch" Oxford Languages...
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- May 17
Noodle politics
“The message I received along with my journey in my quest to discover the identity of the noodle was that no one culture ‘owns’ a...
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- Apr 30
Three, maybe four cheeses and cream
and an under-appreciated Australian cooking guru You may remember that included in my weekly 'to cook' list I have 'one new recipe' which...
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- Apr 25
Supermodel pasta
"Overall, you can’t go wrong with a pasta recipe, and this one is easy to make and absolutely delicious. Plus, you can make it your own...
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- Apr 13
Professionally Californian - a blog
"Queen of California Cool Cooking, Patron Saint of Vegetables" Lauren Kodiak/Kitchn I have a list of blog sites I come across now that...
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- Apr 1
A recipe a method or just an idea?
"the possibilities are endless." Gourmet Traveller Last night we had friends to dinner, some of whom were vegetarian, so vegetarian was...
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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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- Jan 14
From peas to plin and a cookbook
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." Douglas Adams The eternal question -...
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- Sep 25, 2022
From 'De lasanis' to M.E. mac 'n' cheese with za'atar pesto
"cooks keep tinkering with macaroni cheese, oblivious to the way that, with their metaphorical dubs and bonus beats, they are frittering...
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- Jul 29, 2022
World lasagna day
"Where the dish has endured is on the shelves of the supermarket." Sarah Barell/National Geographic I bet you didn't know it was World...
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