Delicious pasta with red mullet from Sara Danesin for Garofalo pasta. [...]
 Spiced pumpkin and cranberry cupcakes for Thanksgiving. [...]  Give the traditional British Beef Wellington a modern twist with this Asian inspired recipe. [...]  Too cold or wet for the BBQ? Try this perfect pulled pork [...]  A Japanese spin on the potato salad. [...]  Showcase peas with this simple random and seasonal recipe. [...] Delicious beef and basil stir fry wtih a modern twist from the Mighty Spice cookbook. [...]  A trip round the Cheltenham food & drink festival [...]  Quick and easy miso salmon [...]  Soba noodles fill these nori rolls in place of the usual sushi rice. [...] January Fresh from the oven – Khrushchev dough [...] Having gone baking mad at the weekend and blogging 3 different bakes, I am back to writing reviews. Not that I am complaining; it is lovely to be sent things to review, and I hope that there are a few ideas for presents within them! Quadrille sent me my copy of I Love Curry a [...] [...] I am a huge huge Waitrose fan. I worked out a while ago that they were cheaper for my weekly shop (I compared with Tesco, Sainsburys, Co-op / Somerfield and even the dreaded Iceland). Admittedly I buy all my fruit and vegetables in the market or from my local food co-op, and as I cook [...] [...] I sometimes wonder which I would choose were I ever forced to decide between no more rice or no more potatoes for the rest of my life. It is a topic that comes up from time to time on various foodie discussion boards that I frequent, and I know I would find it a tough [...] [...] Here in the UK, my autumn memories are not of Halloween but rather of Guy Fawkes, bonfires and fireworks; my birthday falls a few days after bonfire night so when I was a child I always had my party to coincide with the ready made entertainment of the village fireworks party. Due to increasingly restrictive [...] [...] Canadians are just so darned nice. I sometimes wonder if all Canadians have to study agreeableness at school from the age of 5, or maybe there is a niceness test attached to the passport application that has to be passed before an individual can leave the country. I have never been to Canada; all the [...] [...] A long while ago I received an invitation to go and discover the new range of sauces from Bertolli. My immediate reaction was skeptical but I read further and realised that Gennaro Contaldo, Italian Chef and mentor to Jamie Oliver was involved. Gennaro is a man that knows his food, and I was fairly sure [...] [...] People know that I enjoy cooking and that I generally like to eat healthily, and well and often. Some are also aware of my trying to stick to a vegan diet “for at least 80% of the time as it makes me feel healthier and it is better for the planet”*. As a result I [...] [...] I do not understand why some people think that they do not like tofu. It is so versatile and takes on the flavour of whatever it is cooked with there realy is nothing to dislike, although I do agree that watery slimey tofu is a very sad experience indeed. I first made this at [...] [...] Clearspring have very kindly donated a “sushi” hamper for our favourite recipe entered for the first Breakfast Club, theme Asian. Clearspring is a British company specialising in Japanese, and more recently European foods. Their products are all vegan, organic as far as possible and the company is committed to ethical and sustainable farming and supporting [...] [...] |
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