Cured meats, two of our favourite convenience foods: sitting on the left side of our slate roof tile we have saucisson with pimento and mustard seeds and on the right, prosciutto crudo – home-carved from the boneless joint I scooped at Lidl just before Christmas… ….add rosé Champagne, one of my favourite things to drink, and we [...]
Archive for February, 2010
valentine pinks
Posted in fast food, shopping, wine, tagged Waitrose, charcuterie, saucisson, Valentine's Day, Taittinger, prosciutto on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
¿Cocido? ¡indeedo!
Posted in Pulses/Legumes, recipes on February 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Chickpeas – a gift from the gods and a staple over here at Gastro Towers. They’re notoriously tricky to cook, but ever since I learnt their secret of success – do it in earthenware and keep them hot & wet until tender, by the way – it’s been plain sailing. In hommage to [...]
my microscopic microplane
Posted in spring on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a nifty little tool – not complex enough to call a gadget – I found in a smalltown mall in the Canadian hinterland a few years back. Microplane call it their “Try Me” Zester. At 6.5 by 3.2 cm I find its only trying aspect is trying to find it amongst the flotsam [...]
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