Archive for August, 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008
The Omnivore’s One Hundred
This is fun. Seems to be doing the rounds of every food blog. Andrew Wheeler at Very Good Taste put out his personal list called The Omnivore’s One Hundred and asked of people the following : 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. 2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. [...]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
I say tomato…
The bane of my life as I try rather unsuccessfully to grow them in the kitchen, tomatoes are one of my favourite foods and were one of the main reasons I moved to Rome after university. Tomatoes are one thing but Italian tomatoes are quite another. They are all seemingly imperfectly perfectly imperfect if you [...]
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Spicy lentils with yogurt
The lentil, a super food. With maybe less then a glamorous reputation. The lentil suffers often from a reputation as being only suitable for vegans who have no choice but to survive on pulses and grains. Think again. As mentioned last week, a recent trip to Syria was a fantastic food experience and in one [...]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Amore for the pistachio, from Sicily to Syria
Raw, unshelled and a bit too expensive for my liking the pistachio is something I have loved in food since spending time in Sicily. Pistachios form the basis, the topping and the backbone of many dishes in Sicily both sweet and savoury serving to remind how, in many ways, Sicily is really a place apart, [...]
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Caramelised pear and brie tart with pistachios and black sesame seeds
Pears, cheese and nuts are a classic combination, something that for me is purely Tuscan. Just add honey. The cheese is usually a pecorino or a taleggio and the nuts walnuts. I admit that some rather ripe leftover Brie was what I had to hand, as were the pears and the pistachios which I really [...]
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Lemongrassy noodles with smoked duck slices
Lemon grass, ginger and garlic are the backbone of endless noodles dishes. This is no different and certainly not particularly innovative. But it’s a good way to make something good out of very little in very little time. Chunks of smoked tofu would be good here too. But slivers of smoked duck breast are a [...]
