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- Nov 15
More than potatoes? Irish food.
“I would make the argument, not that it is ‘meh’ but that there isn’t much of it. We do not have a sophisticated cuisine – we just...
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- Oct 23
Gubbins
"gubbins - various things that are not important" Oxford Dictionary "gubbins - another word for stuff" I Swear English Gubbins Yes...
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- Sep 19
Cabbage, potatoes, Portugal, soup - basic
"I have written this book to introduce Portuguese dishes to cooks in this country, rather than to tell them what to eat in Portugal." ...
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- Sep 4
India and potatoes
"Potatoes seem to have become the roots of Indian cuisine, but India's relationship with potatoes is a little over 300 years." Armaan...
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- Aug 27
Dribs and drabs
"In small scattered or sporadic amounts." Oxford Languages "In small amounts, a few at a time." Cambridge Dictionary It's Sunday, and...
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- Jul 21
Slivers
"Sliver - a very small, thin piece of something, usually broken off something large" Cambridge English Dictionary This was going to be...
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- Jun 27
Standing up potatoes
"Every online food recipe trend has its watershed moment, the point at which it goes from being a fun project to going full-on viral." J....
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- Jun 19
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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- May 15
Smidgens
"Smidgen - a small amount of something." Oxford Languages Smidgens the chocolates Actually Smidgens are also an American chocolate...
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- Feb 11
Loaded
"A look at restaurant menus makes it clear — bigger is better! Loaded dishes, jaw-dropping piles of ingredients and personalized items...
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- Feb 3
The potential of ice cube trays
"Ice-cube trays are your new best friend." Alice Zaslovsky That's one of the many throw away lines of tips and foodie information that...
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- Feb 1
Mashed potato
"The topic of mashed potato started a heated debate among my colleagues. Half of them insisted it had to be creamy, buttery and have...
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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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- Nov 9, 2022
One soup or four?
"Our primary purpose in this book is to teach you how to cook, so that you will understand the fundamental techniques and gradually be...
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- Aug 27, 2022
A fish recipe I might try and skordalia
Once again I'm somewhat uninspired but it's not the weather's fault this time as it's been a beautiful day - blue skies, and no wind and...
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- Apr 9, 2022
First recipe, first impressions and a Belgian salad
"we all know how first impressions linger the longest." Robert Carrier I'm not particularly uninspired today, but I'm in a clearing out,...
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- Mar 27, 2022
Hasselbacking - variations on a theme
"My favorite thing about the humble, mighty potato is that just when you think you’ve tried all the ways to prepare it, you learn about...
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- Nov 6, 2021
Baked/jacket potatoes
"there is somehow nothing more pleasing than getting a simple thing spot-on." Nigel Slater Apologies to November 5th for not...
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- Aug 23, 2021
Leftover discoveries and rediscoveries
"You can take the surplus and the borderline and cook them back to sparkling originality, roasting and simmering, frying and blending...
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- Jul 21, 2021
Chip butties - the north/south divide
"Hard liquor and soft drugs aside, the chip butty is the most reliable way we human beings have to mentally shut out this harsh world...
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