“You have to get rid of some stuff!” My husband tells me every so often. ”Stuff”, referring to the multitude of kitchen appliances I have amassed over the years. It has come to a point where we’ve had to put in extra shelving in the garage to accommodate my “little helpers”. I’ve learned to engage [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Quite Possibly the Easiest and Tastiest Peanut Butter and Chocolate Semifreddo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chocolate, frozen dessert, peanut butter, semifreddo on June 27, 2010 | 59 Comments »
Food you eat alone… aka Beef with Garlic Chips
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beef, garlic chips, salpicado, tapas on June 22, 2010 | 55 Comments »
While I do believe that most dishes should be enjoyed in the company of friends and family, there are however, a number of dishes that are sometimes best eaten alone. Sometimes, it’s a secret indulgence that you’d rather not let anyone know about. After my workmate made fun of me eating a Mc Chicken for [...]
Mum’s Ketchup Baked Cheesy Prawns
Posted in Cook, tagged baked prawns, ketchup, prawns, shrimp on June 16, 2010 | 44 Comments »
I knew I was a bit of a condiment anomaly, and more so after reading Thomas Gladwell’s essay, The Ketchup Conundrum. Give me a plate of fries and I’ll always ask for some garlic mayonnaise over ketchup. Part of Gladwell’s essay explores why ketchup is so loved by everyone else. It’s because in one go, [...]
Roast Chicken with Butter Beans and Chorizo
Posted in Cook, tagged beans, gourmet for a fiver, jason atherton, roast chicken on June 12, 2010 | 53 Comments »
I was once invited by a friend for dinner. She told me that she was going to make fabada, a spanish bean stew from Asturias. While the beans take center stage, the stew is taken a step further with the addition of chorizo, morcilla (blood sausage) and pork. She even boasted that her fabada was [...]
Pistachio Crusted Fish
Posted in Cook, tagged cafe moderne, paris, pistachio crusted fish on June 4, 2010 | 57 Comments »
“I.C.M.T.” I tell my husband as I tuck into my dish. “Huh?” My husband is skeptical. Flashback to a few months ago when we were having lunch at Cafe Moderne, a restaurant in Paris which came highly recommended by the hotel’s concierge. We had just spent a good couple of hours browsing through the nearby [...]
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