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Oct 30
Coleslaw - not what it used to be
"Like many other culinary words – carpaccio, confit, trifle – its meaning has broadened, and now cabbage may not even be present at all."...
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Sep 26
Cool as a cucumber
"Pert as a pear-monger I'd be, If Molly were but kind; Cool as a cucumber could see The rest of womankind" John Gay 1732 I was going to...
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Sep 22
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...
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Sep 3
Simple essentials - Nigel's first recipes
"Small details that make a big difference" Nigel Slater It's first recipe time and working my way through my bookshelves I have come to...
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Mar 20
Crudités extremes
"the main object of an hors-d'œuvre is to provide something beautifully fresh-looking which will at the same time arouse your appetite...
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Jan 30
Cruising the net on a sunny afternoon
"In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten." Tom Hodgkinson "watching...
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Sep 21, 2023
Deconstructing Tomates Provençales
"Why mess with perfection?" Jamie of Jamie and Julia I began with this Baked tomatoes, crumbs and herbs from Nigel Slater in a recent...
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Aug 14, 2023
Watermelon, feta, mint
"I know, I know. Yet another watermelon, feta, and mint salad recipe. Do we need one?" J. Kenji López-Alt/Serious Eats Indeed, but then...
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Mar 17, 2023
Cool - another word to ponder on
"Coolness is an aesthetic of attitude, behavior, comportment, appearance, and style that is generally admired. Because of the varied and...
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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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Dec 1, 2022
Little vinegar - vinaigrette
“it seems to me that a salad and its dressing are things we should take more or less for granted at a meal, like bread and salt; and not...
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Oct 29, 2022
Salmagundi
"The word salmagundi may be derived from the obscure 16th century French word salmigondis which means disparate assembly of things, ideas...
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Oct 17, 2022
A man well ahead of his time
what to do with watermelon and pomegranates Still life with a watermelon and pomegranates is the title of this painting by Paul Cézanne. ...
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Aug 25, 2022
Define cooking
"Cooking is creating emotion" Joel Robuchon This gorgeous looking dish from a London chef called Meedu Saad is called Fried courgette...
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Jul 24, 2022
Pomelo
"The gentle giants of the citrus world, pomelos have a fragrant sweetness balanced by a mild tartness—think grapefruit with less...
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Apr 25, 2022
Grains in a salad - ancient or new?
"The vast array of grains marketed as ancient—from quinoa to millet to spelt—are, yes, old. Maybe 3,000 years. Maybe 8,000. Who knows?...
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Apr 9, 2022
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,...
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Mar 8, 2022
4 common leftovers - no.2 Bread
"These starchy staples are happy to soak up all manner of sweet and savoury flavours" Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Continuing with the...
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Feb 4, 2022
Short and sweet (I hope)
I wasn't actually going to write a blog today. It's almost dinnertime and I went out to lunch so have not had a lot of time, but then I...
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