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A marginally disappointing purchase
"With stunning location and food photography throughout, Danube is your passport to a world of flavours, stories and traditions that will...
3 days ago
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Punjab - five rivers, five spices
No I haven't jumped from the Caribbean to India on my world tour of food. This is a lucky dip recipe which has led me here and there,...
Mar 18
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Lessons from a Persian mama
"This is a blog about food, pretty food pictures, love of life and celebrating different cultures" Hora Time for a look at another food...
Mar 12
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The Bahamas
"From space, the Bahamas is the most beautiful place on Earth." Chris Hadfield Technically we are still not in the Caribbean when we...
Mar 6
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Culinary (con)fusion - pasta adobo
"It is always funny when we realise our cultures overlap more than we differ." Greatist My sources for blog posts come from all sorts of...
Feb 24
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Bermuda - rum, and fish, fish, fish
"You can go to heaven if you want. I'd rather stay in Bermuda." Mark Twain Having returned to my kitchen series, I'm nowpicking up on my...
Jan 18
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OK let's do America - sort of
"If you're going to America bring your own food." Fran Lebowitz It seems to me that American food, just like British food, has a bad...
Dec 12, 2024
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Poor shopping = dinner challenges
"Nothing good will come from getting too fancy with these greens. They bask in simple treatment and become shy when long lists of...
Nov 28, 2024
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I forgot the Faroes
“The Faroese food, especially the fermented food, is something you keep to yourself, You eat it, but only if no one is looking.” Poul...
Nov 18, 2024
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Great title - Good food on bad plates
"Fish and chips always tastes better when eaten out of a newspaper; Pad Thai seems so much more authentic in a polystyrene tray bought...
Nov 14, 2024
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Canada - " it's not just about the poutine"
"Okay, quite a lot of it's about the poutine" Hostelworld Indeed it is - it appears at the top of most top ten lists, but I have...
Oct 22, 2024
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Bulgogi
"Chef-owned restaurants are the key to growing a cuisine." Hooni Kim/Serious Eats My older son and his family are currently in Korea...
Oct 5, 2024
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A Turkish? salad - collected or created?
"a thrilling mix of flavours, textures and colours that is almost too glorious to look at." Claudia Roden Geography is what has guided...
Sep 22, 2024
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What is it with kewpie mayonnaise?
"umami incarnate" Ian Knauer/Grub Street This post actually and somewhat indirectly comes from one of Nigel Slater's first recipes -...
Sep 16, 2024
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When love goes wrong, travel and start a blog
"The story is about how a professional eater met a professional chef and now we share stories, recipes and video on our site." Ayngelina...
Sep 5, 2024
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Different noodles, different dish
"What matters is balance" - Nigel Slater I began with a dish - Curry mee from Madhur Jaffrey's Far Eastern Cookery - quickly became...
Aug 27, 2024
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Greenland - so little and so much
"the sea giveth and giveth plenty" Greenland Adventures In recent years the world has become aware of Greenland because of the Greenland...
Aug 13, 2024
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Iceland - what really is a national dish?
"we're talking about a cuisine deeply influenced by isolation and the harsh climates of the North." Campervan Reykjavik I'm continuing...
Jul 1, 2024
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Chicken, saffron, almonds - a Spanish lucky dip
"I felt a little dubious about the combination of ingredients before testing it, the red wine gives a rich colour and flavour, the...
Jun 24, 2024
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Poutine - trendy junk food
"when seen for the first time, poutine looks like a culinary catastrophe." Rebecca Nicholson/The Guardian Indeed it does, but then...
May 29, 2024
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