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Spanish Chicken Kebabs (Pinchitos De Pollo)

posted August 11, 2010 in FoodForFriendsYeah

These little chicken kebabs are served all over Andalucia. Commonly served as tapas, they are on a skewer, but often as a meal with patata fritas (chips to us). However, I like them at home with saffron rice, which is healthier too! So simple to mak (read full article)

Lamb Rogan Josh

posted August 10, 2010 in FoodForFriendsYeah

This is the very first curry I dared to make from scratch and thankfully it turned out very well! The flavours are quite rich and not too spicy, so you could add more chilli powder to suit your taste. Serves 4  850g shoulder of lamb, cut into bit (read full article)

Eleven Ways Servers Can Lose Their Tip

From Purple Slinky,  by Jo Oliver Re-printed without permission These are sure fire ways to decrease or lose a tip. Correct sequence when serving courses. Drinks……appetizer……salads…..main course……dessert. Don’t bring me an appetize (read full article)

bingham

posted July 25, 2010 in gourmet traveller

After months of chatting to Vintage Macaroon on twitter we decided it was high time we arranged a meet-up, and she picked the idyllic Bingham for our first lunch venue. The recently Michelin-starred restaurant, helmed by Shay Cooper, resides within (read full article)

Eating in Shanghai - Shanghai Spring Restaurant

posted July 23, 2010 in CW\'s Food & Travel

Our tour came with some of the meals included in the package. Usually you don’t expect much from these pre-arranged meals, especially in China. This time we were pleasantly surprised.On the 2nd day after our tour of the Pudong side, we were taken (read full article)

Chinese Curry Sauce (Takeaway Style)

posted July 16, 2010 in FoodForFriendsYeah

Whilst I was more than happy with the original version of this Chinese curry sauce, there was something bugging me. Mainly the little bits of garlic and ginger. I wanted a smooth sauce, so here’s my new and improved version! I hope you (read full article)

Quick Chicken Tostadas + Give-away Winner

I don't know about you, but when the weather is this hot and muggy, my interest in eating is limited ... and my interest in cooking is almost non-existent. It helps to have a few quick go-to summer meals that satisfy yet require little effort in ter (read full article)

Char siu pork with homemade marinade

posted July 14, 2010 in FoodForFriendsYeah

Char siu is one of my favourite meals. It can be eaten in so many ways. My personal favourite is with chinese pancakes, slices of cucumber and spring onion. Spread the pancake with hoisin sauce (boiled up leftover marinade) add a little of eac (read full article)

Faggots with gravy

posted July 06, 2010 in FoodForFriendsYeah

Preparing one of our lambs for the freezer on Friday someone mentioned faggots as a way of using up some of the offal. The recipes I read were so varied that I took the basic idea and used the ingredients available; so this is not a classic rec (read full article)

Chicken Wings for 4th of July BBQ

posted June 30, 2010 in Delishhh

4th of July weekend is coming up in the US.  For those of you that are not from the United States, 4th of July is the US Independence Day, it is a holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring inde (read full article)

Turkey Burger with Yogurt Sauce

posted June 23, 2010 in Delishhh

  I was looking for a new good turkey burger because most of the time turkey burgers are pretty boring.  I had heard about Oprah’s favorite turkey burger and started searching for it on the Internet.  I found the recipe here on Oprah.com and de (read full article)

Thai Chicken with Plum Ginger Sauce

posted June 21, 2010 in Delishhh

Here is a Thai dish that is also very easy to make but very tasty.  The marinade is really easy and you make it the night before so when you want to prepare dinner it only takes about 10 minutes to cook it.  I usually use chicken for this sauce bu (read full article)

Nirvana’s Carrot Halwa

posted June 17, 2010 in La Fuji Mama

Have you entered to win a gorgeous super sharp santoku knife yet?  If not, there’s still time!  Enter the contest! ———————————————R (read full article)

Cured Salmon “Gravlax” and Mustard Sauce “Hovmästarsås”

posted June 07, 2010 in Delishhh

Pictures taken from Flickr kewpiebb99's photostream In Sweden you usually have Gravlax during the holidays i.e Easter or Christmas and also served in most restaurants and smörgåsbord. Gravlax is a piece of Swedish food history, except for Swedi (read full article)

Sorbetto di mango

posted June 06, 2010 in Memorie di Angelina

As regular readers of this blog have probably figured out by now, I don't have much of a sweet tooth. Even as a kid, I was not into sweets—much to the delight of my dentists. Dessert at our house, such as it is, usually consists of a piece of fresh (read full article)

Bulgogi – Korean BBQ

posted June 04, 2010 in Delishhh

For those that didn’t know I lived in South Korea for 5 years.  So Korean food is part of my blood.  I often make Korean dishes and very often to go the Asian Grocery stores here and get some fresh Kimchi. For those that are new to Korean food t (read full article)

Thai Fried Rice with Chicken

posted June 02, 2010 in Delishhh

You will soon start seeing a lot of Thai dishes here at Delishhh.  You might have learned recently that my favorite food is Thai food and also one of my favorite places on this planet is Thailand.  I always tell people that if you could only go to (read full article)

Creamed Corn and Asparagus Coins

posted May 28, 2010 in lisa is cooking

I started to tell you about the book Ad Hoc at Home the other day. Since this is a book about family meals, it’s organized according to how planning meals at home supposedly happens. The chapters for main courses of meat and fish come first assumin (read full article)

Do You Know How To Cook Quinoa And Find The Best Quinoa Recipes

posted May 28, 2010 in Authentic Curry Recipes

Do You Know How to Cook Quinoa and Find the Best Quinoa Recipes Cooking and recipes are almost becoming an art form. Visit Here http://bbc-food-network.blogspot.com Every chef has his own take on what you should be cooking and how you should mix it w (read full article)

Lemon Ricotta Potatoes

Okay, so I don't usually get too worked up about side dishes. I tend towards those dishes that pretty much feature all the food groups and courses in one handy pan. That's why I love Shepherd's Pie, and Chili Dog Casserole, and pretty much anything (read full article)

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