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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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- Jan 15
Grilled fish Bali style
"Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start." Anthony Bourdain This is a lucky dip because I am completely uninspired...
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- Jan 11
By the way
"By the way - used to introduce a new subject to be considered or to give further information" Cambridge English Dictionary Yes it's one...
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- Sep 30, 2022
Dukkah - how did we do without it?
"a deeply fragrant, crunchy mix, neither paste nor powder, but somewhere in between, and deeply, headily scented. ... Sometimes I tip it...
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- Sep 7, 2022
Gleanings
"to obtain information, knowledge, etc., sometimes with difficulty and often from various different places" Oxford Learner's...
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- May 22, 2022
Scraps
"a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used." Oxford Languages It's...
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- Apr 24, 2022
Why don't I make curry more often?
"The complex flavours of curries are governed by just three things: generous spicing; onion, ginger and garlic done just right; and...
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- Mar 5, 2022
Time for some mini bites
" Bite - 'a piece bitten off'; a small meal; a portion severed from the whole; a morsel of food" Dictionary.com So I suppose a bite is...
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- Dec 2, 2021
Quickies - just a few
I don't have much time today so here are some quickies. Lychee granita - this is a photograph of a Donna Hay recipe for Lychee and...
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- Nov 11, 2021
Coronation chicken, Anglo-India, curry powder and back to Coronation chicken
"There is a vast difference between curry-powder-flavored dishes and Indian cuisine." Punita - Poppies and Persimmons This post has been...
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- Oct 23, 2021
Gingernuts
"It is the kind of no-frills biscuit you might find in an office tin" Felicity Cloake This is a quickie as my time is running out having...
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- Oct 19, 2021
Jerk chicken
"Jerk is freedom manifested in food.” Gariel Ferguson Having discovered a new 'family fave' as one member of my family said, I thought I...
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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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- Aug 4, 2021
Star anise
"illicium verum - true allurement" Well as to my translation above - a - more poetic translation might be 'truly alluring' - I'm not sure...
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- Apr 29, 2021
Before I forget
Well I have sort of forgotten what this was. It's a spaghetti carbonara, I know that much, but this photo has been sitting on my desktop...
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- Feb 24, 2021
The spice loving English - first recipe
"these oriental and Arabian and Mediterranean flavourings are no longer status symbols; they no longer possess the charm of the...
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