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Chickpeas and pasta
"one of the most deliciously frugal and honest platefuls I know." Rachel Roddy "a healing dose of starch on starch." Katie Leaird I...
Mar 16
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Green beans in a salad
There are few ingredients that can do anything for a french bean ... but a little chopped shallot, melted butter or a crushed clove of...
Jan 4
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Roast pork with Robert Carrier
I'm not really proud of this picture, because apart from my poor photography skills when it comes to photographing food, I had, of...
Nov 4, 2024
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Chop-chop
Chop-chop - " used to tell someone to hurry." Cambridge Dictionary Well I am in a hurry today. Dentist and shopping - done, but this...
Oct 16, 2024
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Peanuts
"Peanuts: something so small it is not worth considering, especially an amount of money" Cambridge dictionary "an insignificant or tiny...
Jul 22, 2024
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Beans, toast, an expanding world
"On toast, they are nothing short of sheer culinary genius. They are, I would argue, at their point of perfection when you can catch them...
Jun 1, 2024
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Authenticity - a book and a soup
"When you give of yourself through a dish, you aren't just feeding somebody's physical hunger, but a deeper longing for home, for a safe...
Apr 4, 2024
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M'jadrah - the smell of onions
"the dish far surpasses the sum of its parts—who knew such humble elements could taste so dynamic?" Kate Williams/Serious Eats I am...
Mar 27, 2024
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Gubbins
"gubbins - various things that are not important" Oxford Dictionary "gubbins - another word for stuff" I Swear English Gubbins Yes...
Oct 23, 2023
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History in a kind of pancake - or flatbread, maybe even chips
Cecina, Asfrisciolata, Socca, Turta, Turtellassu, Fainá, Torta di ceci, Calentita, Panisse, Panelle, Pizza a caballo ... so many names...
Sep 9, 2023
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The London Particular
"a fog named after the soup eventually became a soup named after the fog." Londonist David suggested a new 'series' of blogs the other...
Aug 7, 2023
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Peas, tahini and za'atar - leftovers
"How can you take a few ingredients and turn them into magic?" Oksana Richie/Instagram This was going to be just one item in one of those...
Jul 4, 2023
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Pretty in pink - and green
“If cauliflower can be rice, can radishes be potatoes?” Janelle Rohner on TikTok I'm talking about radishes and peas here, not just...
Jun 8, 2023
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Specks
"Speck - a tiny patch or spot" Vocabulary.com Speck So these are not really specks - they are too big, but it is Speck with a capital S...
Apr 24, 2023
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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 -...
Jan 14, 2023
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How we discovered Middle Eastern Food
"It is the fruit of nostalgic longing for, and delighted savouring of, food that was the constant joy of life in a world so different...
Oct 24, 2022
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Ignoring writer's block tricks
"Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired" Richard Kemp I'm going through one of my uninspired patches, which is when I...
Jul 18, 2022
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Morsels and dainties
"Life, which is hard, is about small pleasures; it's about what Victorian writers such as George Gissing and John Ruskin used to call...
May 3, 2022
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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,...
Apr 9, 2022
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