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Apr 4, 2023
The wonderful world of ramen
"For all that Japan has invented in the 20th century, the digital clock, Walkman, Nintendo and Pokemon, the Japanese consider their...
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Apr 3, 2023
Cooking for your man
"To Reuben who married me before I learned to cook." Chairman Solomon I have recently set myself another goal - to cook something, every...
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Apr 2, 2023
Psarasoupa me avgolemono
"Avgolemono is just so important to Greeks. But maybe it's even more important to Greeks who've left Greece." Simon Gloftis I haven't...
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Apr 1, 2023
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 23, 2023
Pickled onions - ancient or modern?
"Pickle a big batch, put them on everything." There are the ones in the jar - brown and whole, and the ones in a dish - sliced, pink and...
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Mar 21, 2023
Middle-Eastern then and now
"Fusion is just a way of describing what we are doing today. When you think of the Ottoman Empire, that's exactly what they were doing –...
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Mar 19, 2023
Bostock
"quite possibly the best-tasting yet widely unknown breakfast treat you’ll find." Erin Clarke/Well Plated Do you know what a bostock is?...
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Mar 14, 2023
Tomato sauce - musings
"The kind of sauce that starts with the simplest ingredients—some canned tomatoes, a few aromatics, some olive oil, and maybe some...
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Mar 12, 2023
I began with scaccia and almost ended with quiche
"Essentially, what they all share is the principle that behind a perfectly ordinary piece of pastry that looks nothing special on the...
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Mar 2, 2023
My ten go to dinners
"Most households have an average of 10 go-to meals on rotation." Alice Zaslavsky In Alice Zaslavsky's book The Joy of Better Cooking,...
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Feb 16, 2023
Wedge salads
"America's silliest salad. It's built upon the back of the least flavorful and least nutrient-dense lettuce available and blanketed in...
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Feb 13, 2023
Baking sole with Jamie
"If I've learnt anything from the Italians about fish, it is definitely 'less is more'" Jamie Oliver It's lucky dip time because it's...
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Feb 11, 2023
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 5, 2023
Eggs - what's in a name?
"The variations on this simple dish are infinite" Robert Carrier Indeed they are and it is perfectly easy to become completely confused...
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Feb 4, 2023
Brown but so much more
"Colour fades as flavour deepens: a metaphor for much of life I suggest." Nigella Lawson Which is, indeed food for thought. In her book...
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Feb 1, 2023
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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Jan 21, 2023
A new favourite thing - baked polenta
"While these days polenta often appears on menus, I don't think I'm the only one who's struggling to get round to cooking it at home....
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Jan 15, 2023
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 14, 2023
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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Jan 7, 2023
An almost perfect tomato tart
"Use of lime juice, tomatoes and spice in some recipes is amazing!" An Amazon reviewer I've spoken about tomato tarts before - how...
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