Publishing :

GEMS of Gluten-Free Baking Winners

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Some days I wish I could be Oprah. I want to point to everyone around me and shout, “And YOU win a book , and YOU win a book, and YOU win a book!” While I normally give away a single book, this week I have the privilege of[...]

Book Review : ?How I cook? by Skye Gyngell

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I enjoyed reading Skye Gyngell?s ?How I Cook? ( Quadrille Publishing ). It is a beautifully illustrated, well thought-out book, targeting towards making a simple family meal a memorable one. The refreshing thing about this book is that it[...]

gourmet food for a fiver (spicy prawn cakes)

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One wouldn’t immediately associate the former chef of Michelin-starred Maze with frugal cooking, but that is exactly the focus of Jason Atherton’s latest cookbook ‘Gourmet Food For a Fiver’. With the current economic[...]

the scandinavian cookbook (home-cured salmon)

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Having only visited two cities in Scandinavia (Copenhagen and Stockholm) my knowledge of the regional cuisine is meagre at best, limited mostly to gravadlax, herrings, meatballs and smørrebrød (all of which I love). Trina Hahnemann’s[...]

michel roux?s gougères + ?pastry? reviewed

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I had originally intended it to be Paris week on the blog, highlighting a different restaurant from our recent 5 restaurant/2 night trip, each day. However I’m still light years from finishing the reviews, so in its place is a fittingly[...]

"British Seasonal Food" by Mark Hix - a review

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I mentioned a few days ago (quite a few days ago actually) that I had received Mark Hix? (or is that Mark Hix?s?) book ?British Seasonal Food?  ( for which I should like to thank Quadrille Publishing ) and was going to review it ? well,[...]

"British Seasonal Food" by Mark Hix - a review

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I mentioned a few days ago (quite a few days ago actually) that I had received Mark Hix? (or is that Mark Hix?s?) book ?British Seasonal Food?  ( for which I should like to thank Quadrille Publishing ) and was going to review it ? well,[...]

A Reunion That's A Couple Of Years In The Making

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I've mentioned in past entries that I used to work for a publishing company. It was a small publishing company, and we were all overworked but had a grand time! We were mostly fresh graduates when we got hired, so it was a great way to learn[...]

the flavour thesaurus (lamb khoresh with rhubarb)

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On the rare weeks where I’m churning out daily blog posts, I become acutely aware of my shrinking vocab as I repeatedly hover over the same adjectives, metaphors and phrases. I sometimes experience a similar mind block in the kitchen[...]

john torode?s BEEF (+ a hearty slow-cooked beef pie)

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After last week’s review of the veggie-centric New Urban Gardener , it’s time to even things up with an unapologetic ode to meat – John Torode ’s “Beef: And Other Bovine Matters” . Most of the nation[...]