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Can be bitter but, if lovingly covered in oil and slowly poached for hours, also so so sweet.
This is a little late. Mainly due to having a life and spending it covered in grub.
Some of it will be memories, some of it will unjustified bile and some will be delicious.
Try me. That is all that any self respecting gastronaut wants.
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Food History'
Feb 08
If you have ever been walking down Leather Lane, around about the Lunching hour, I am sure you will have seen a few people (ok, quite a few people) in a very long queue. If it was your first time on Leather Lane you would be forgiven for thinking tha (read full article)
chipotle, coriander, Every Day Of The Week, Food Experiments, Food History, Garlic Confit Review, GC Recipes, Haas Avocado, jalapeno, lime
Feb 07
So. It took me a few attempts but I have worked out how to cook within the constraints of this diet. It is not that hard, but the first few days of detox had me a bit….let’s say cranky. I got some lovely lemon sole filleted and skinned by (read full article)
coriander, Food Experiments, Food History, GC Recipes, ginger, Lemon Sole, lime, Round Beans, spinach, stomach problems
Jan 22
What is a Brownie? Young girl that achieves things and then gets badges, normally on a Wednesday evening giving Mummy and Daddy alone time to [as William Smith of Fresh Prince and Wild Wild West fame once sang] get jiggy with it. No. Not what I was t (read full article)
baking powder, brownies, butter, cardamom, caster sugar, Chocolate, eggs, flour, Food Experiments, Food History
Jan 18
As a child of the Sub-Continent everything inevitably gets a bit of chilli thrown in for good measure. Some successfully and some not so. The holy trio in my book aint the Father, The Son and the Holy Ghost but Onion, Chilli and Coriander. The (read full article)
Akoori, chilli, coriander, eggs, Food History, HP Sauce, Kitchirapati, Recipes, Red Onion, spicy
Jan 10
There are certain things, in a culinary sense, that you just should not fuck with. One of those is: Croque Monsieur. Originally a beautiful accident, the story goes that French workers had left their sandwich on a radiator and by lunchtime the cheese (read full article)
Béchamel, Chambèry, Croque Monsieur, Food Experiments, Food History, Gruyere, I Love, Jambon de Paris, Marcel Proust, milk
Jan 06
With a vague nod to being healthy and frugal in the new decade, I am trying to keep to the rule, that we have at home, of no carbs in the evening and not doing any shopping before I am sure we have eaten everything in the fridge/cupboards. I suppos (read full article)
aubergine, Buckwheat, Chilli Sauce, Eggplant, Food History, Fridge Challenge, ginger, japanese, Miso, noodles