I have a dream…………
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Food School: Citrus Cured Salmon, For Alaska….
….because I long to be/am a ‘finisher’. And I think if you don’t know how to make ‘it’, school’s a good place to learn!
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A Week In The Life of (Momofuku’s) Ramen
aka The Noodle Diaries When my phone rang, I jumped out of bed. It was 4am and my colleague P was on the phone. ‘We’re downstairs’. ‘OK, I’ll be down soon’. I didn’t hear my alarm clock go off. Did it? Anyway, it was too late to process all that right now. I dived under...
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A Platter of Savoury Turkish Delights
Our gastro travels on this week’s culinary tour brings us to Turkey, a country I love for its yogurt – a pot is always on stand-by in our fridge.
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Pan Micha from Panama, Une Miche from France
A bridge A connection Worlds. Hopes. Dreams, woven Destinies united Over water Across land Cultures, cuisines, language & skin United in humanity Separated by oceans and seas Mountains and valleys The Brief Welcome to the 2011 Culinary Tour, organised by Joan of Foodalogue. Traditional: make one of the country’s national or traditional dishes. Contemporary: take...
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Barbados in a Nutshell…
……Stories from a crazy cook’s holiday! Weeks later my eyes are still awash with white and magenta sand grains, bleu celeste waters and the heat, oh the heat! Why Barbados?
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10 Things to do with ‘Puerto-Rican’ Meatloaf and a giveaway
This last week has been busy. Getting ready to go on holiday, working till the last minute and not being able to do my regular blog-hopping and reading!!!!! Forgive me. You’ve all been patient and kind to keep coming back. So….this giveaway is for you! A choice from 2 books which I have and love:...
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March on Risotto, with the Daring Cooks
To be honest, I’m not that fussed about risottos anymore. I’m more concerned about testing some ‘realities’ with it! Don’t get me wrong, I like risotto but its Arancini which I’ve been hankering after, especially cause I hadn’t tried it!
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‘Cuban’ strawberries with Meringue Ice-cream
So, I want to clear up a few things before I get to the heart of the matter: I know strawberries are not in ‘season’ according to the traditional food calenders. I am also very aware that there is nothing Cuban about strawberries. Don’t believe me? Well, go ahead, type Cuban strawberries in Google and...