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A goddess steak
"stories and recipes are like sauce in a pan: they move differently in each telling and in each pair of hands. A recipe is advice, but...
Aug 16, 2023
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Noodle politics
“The message I received along with my journey in my quest to discover the identity of the noodle was that no one culture ‘owns’ a...
May 17, 2023
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A rainy day dish
"The recipe is pretty simple, but not for the calorie-conscious" Australian Food Timeline It's a miserable day and we have promised to...
May 7, 2023
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Battenberg cake
"its appearance is a convenient shorthand for a world rapidly vanishing in a puff of Yardley’s lavender." Felicity Cloake I'm not sure...
Dec 4, 2022
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Green tomatoes - not always fried
"fried green tomatoes are only "Southern" because a movie made them that way." Sam Dean/Bon Appétit Yes I know - it's the wrong time of...
Nov 29, 2022
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More of a concept than a recipe
"the perfect “blotting paper” if a festive brunch is boozy or if you’ve overdone the festivities the night before: it puts you right back...
Nov 28, 2022
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Chicken and dates from New York
"The “prunes were very much Marrakech tagines; the green olives were Marbella, Spain.” That sounds about right. But, the sugar is pure...
Nov 22, 2022
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One soup or four?
"Our primary purpose in this book is to teach you how to cook, so that you will understand the fundamental techniques and gradually be...
Nov 9, 2022
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The 4th of July - hamburgers
"don’t let anyone tell you what should and shouldn’t go on your burger!" Nagi - Recipe Tin Eats Last night we were talking about how the...
Jul 4, 2022
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There's no such thing as Brown Windsor soup
"Colour fades as flavour deepens." Nigella Lawson This is Jamie Oliver's interpretation of Brown Windsor soup (with pearl barley). The...
Jun 24, 2022
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Scary carbonara
"A dish whose principal ingredients are eggs and bacon was always going to be a shoo-in for the British palate: certainly spaghetti...
Apr 23, 2022
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From the sublime to the slightly ridiculous - lamingtons
"essentially, plain cakes with frills". Felicity Cloake It seems almost insulting to turn to Lamingtons - a supremely ordinary if...
Jan 20, 2022
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Crème brulée - it's really English
"For some reason, a bowl of custard isn't seen as an appropriate dessert for a grown adult – but scorch the top and give it a French name...
Dec 27, 2021
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Hummingbird cake
"This is what cake should be" Anon from Nigella Eats Everything I seem to have cake on my mind, which is not normal, because cake is...
Nov 4, 2021
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Arancini - Sicilian leftovers
"anything you can enjoy in risotto, you can make into risotto balls." Chef Paul (Paul Shufelt) - Edmonton Times We tend to think of...
Sep 24, 2021
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Cream buns
“The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust.” T.H. White Almost the last item in the current Coles Magazine is this -...
Aug 20, 2021
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Pithiviers - a first recipe
"The top is rounded and higher than the edges, and slashed, typically in a starburst pattern. It is meant to look like the sun." Dana's...
Jul 11, 2021
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