There’s an ‘R’ (spelled Aaaarh in Cornwall) in the month and that means us folk on the isles of Britain can once again feel safe to indulge our passion for Mussels from our shores. No, the French did not perfect the art of preparing them – that was snails, and even then they were Roman […]
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Malted Molasses Soda Bread Recipe
Recipe: Malted Molasses Soda Bread I love this recipe for Malted Molasses Soda Bread because it is so rich and flavourful – and so easy to make, with no proving time. Just mix and bake. PrintMolasses Malt Loaf Recipe Cook/Chill Time: 45 minutes Ingredients250g malted flour, 250 strong white flour 1 […]
Tomato Ketchup Recipe: The tomato’s finest hour
Tomato Ketchup Recipe: The tomato’s finest hour The time: The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is a fall of tawny leaves and a breath of woodsmoke away. The garden vines are blushing a musk of passing summer and the bounty of tomatoes collects, more bruised and pulpy, in the pantry bowl. Oh, man, what […]
The Richness of Raspberry Vinegar: Recipe
Recipe: The Richness of Raspberry Vinegar The richness of Raspberry Vinegar is as strong and sensual as its colour, and it has a myriad of amazing uses when partnered with food. Whilst Astrid has been working her wonders with our bounty of Apples, I have been researching the alchemy of Raspberries and wondering what to […]
A Rye Look at Bread Adventuring: Recipe
Recipe: A Rye Look at Bread Adventuring As you can read in Food Adventures in the menu above we have recently been on a day’s ‘Breaducation’ course at the Feast Rising Bakery in Hull. It all went great with artisan baker Patrick Crabtree there to encourage us and guide us along. But what happens 3 […]
Let them eat bread – A ‘rising’ prophet speaks
Let them eat bread – A ‘rising’ prophet speaks: In the World of Food we have our deities and our devils. We have our Gordon Ramsays and we have our Fast Food temples. We also have our prophets – quiet people of vision who talk of better nutrition that could be on the horizon. We […]
Mexican Food (Chicken Fajitas Recipe) and Charlie Chaplin
Mexican Food (Chicken Fajitas Recipe) and Charlie Chaplin My first encounters with Mexican food were from a Tex-Mex perspective in America but then my parents brought me to England and I had to wait 20 years for the tortilla to float across the Atlantic with its cargo of contrasts – fish dishes from the Pacific […]
Indian Summer Chicken Tikka Recipe
As we are going through a bit of a heatwave at the moment most foodie hearts and minds are turning to outdoor, sunshine, barbecue cooking. For most people Asian, Indian hot and spicy dishes are not on the agenda. But the other night we enjoyed a light, bright Indian Recipe dish, Chicken Tikka, that is […]
Recipe: Tackling a Kruk plus Recipe
Tackling a Kruk: In general Thai curries start with a curry paste to which you add other ingredients to ‘build’ your meal. There are only about 10 basic pastes and my favourite is the ‘Penang’ which is mainly suitable for chicken or dense fish. You can create this paste in a food processor but it […]
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