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Apr 30
"Tears and light"
"That gracious thing, made up of tears and light." Samuel Taylor Coleridge On Mondays I usually fast unless something - like a book...
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Apr 29
The delights and annoyances of a Persian lunch
“One of the joys of restaurants is that they’re a brilliant place for disclosure. If you’re going, ‘Sorry, what? You did what? To whom?’...
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Apr 27
Old fashioned magic - possets
"Posset is persistent. It’s patient. It seems archaic and impossible, but it’s also just a boozy custard which is very easy to...
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Apr 26
Underestimating geography - the food curriculum
"Geography is the study of earth as the home of people" Yi-Fu Tuan "Everything has to do with geography." Judy Martz Or as Terry...
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Apr 25
Desi or dépaysé - inventing comfort food
"Being the child of an immigrant has its own issues because your identity is so torn." Afreena Islam "Desi: a person of birth or descent...
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Apr 24
Blogging success - A Pinch of Yum. (And oops!)
"People sharing information that helps people." Bjork Ostrom First of all the oops. Somehow or other when I wrote my post about not...
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Apr 22
When I was 64 - well I thought I was
"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?" The Beatles This is Collioure - on the Mediterranean coast near the...
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Apr 21
Trying to make a lucky dip interesting
"Writer's block is having too much time on your hands." Jodi Picoult "Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun." Daniel Pinkwater My lucky dip...
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Apr 21
Pasta nada - last night's experiment
"A lot of delicious things in life aren't lookers." Felicity Cloake When I first saw those words - 'pasta nada' in an article in one of...
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Apr 19
Zabaglione, Sabayon, Delia ...
"a fragile whip of cream contained in a little glass, concealing within its innocent white froth a powerful alcoholic punch." Elizabeth...
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Apr 18
Day for it - a sign from below
"Day for it - Weather conducive for the activity currently being undertaken, common phrase in Australia" Urban Dictionary As I was...
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Apr 16
Almost 100
"There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you." Carol Grace (Apologies - I pressed Publish by mistake when I had written...
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Apr 13
What's wrong with easy - and is it possible anyway?
"truly simple recipes are too simple to actually be published" "Learn technique not recipes." Reddit I began this post with one idea and...
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Apr 12
Chermoula - and fish
"The object of the chermoula seasoning is not to mask the natural taste of the food, but enhance it." Robert Carrier I'm pretty sure I...
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Apr 11
A lucky dip, a website, lamb and avgolemono
"Avgolemono is just so important to Greeks. But maybe it’s even more important to Greeks who’ve left Greece." Simon Glofit So it began...
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Apr 10
Chicken, not duck, and oranges
Continuing with my throwing out recipe oddments from the folders in which they have been stored I came across two recipes, no three, that...
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Apr 8
Variations - granola
"There is no real recipe for it, as it is made to the taste of the person preparing it." Family Spice Yes I know - this is not granola. ...
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Apr 7
Fermented herring to taco Fridays - Sweden
"The backbone of Nordic cuisine comes from dealing with challenges" Rachel Khoo Back to my foodie tour around the world with the third...
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Apr 5
Hidden potatoes and apples
"Name a dish that isn’t improved, or unaffected, by the addition of a small potato?" Rachel Roddy It's Guardian Feast newsletter day and...
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