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Wonton soup for beginners

Posted in Local food, Pastry, Recipes, london, markets, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Anyone who follows my Twitter feed may have noticed that I’ve had a bee in my bonnet about wontons for these past few days. The reason? Well combined with the fact I’m a slight monomaniac, over the bank holiday weekend I was cooked some rather delicious wonton soup by a friend’s mum in between freezing [...]

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Vodka pizza is genius

Posted in New York, Recipes, tagged , , , , , on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I know I promised write ups on Ducasse and the John Dory, and they’re coming – but I had to show you this first. Ever heard of vodka pizza? Look at this:
Have you had a good look? Savour it, every moment of it, because unless you plan on making the trip over to the other [...]

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Clicking along with Allegra… (well, my mum did)

Posted in Recipes, Special events, tagged , , , , on April 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »

A bizarre phone call from my parents last night as they tried to find Allegra McEvedy on Twitter. It doesn’t look like she is on there, but @guardianfood is.
My mum had decided to have a go at the Guardian’s click-along with Allegra, so bought the ingredients and this was the result…
 
Sadly, I don’t live near enough [...]

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Black Pudding Heaven

Posted in General, Local food, Recipes, ingredients, markets, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »

It’s a contentious issue, but I happen to think that black pudding is blooming lovely – and not just for breakfast. I recently went to a small, independent black pudding producer in Lancashire to see how it’s made and met a man who knows more about black pudding than most (although these guys seem to [...]

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Cooking Christmas dinner for 18 people

Posted in General, Recipes, Special events, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »

This weekend, I did something I never thought I’d do. I cooked Christmas dinner for 18 people. I’m not going to lie to you – I got a lot of help (namely from co-head chef Rachel Defriez), we did chicken instead of turkey and I didn’t have to touch a potato peeler – but for [...]

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Credit munch: chocolate and pistachio brownies…mmm

Posted in Recipes, tagged , , , , , on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

What better way is there to show a man who has been known to demolish a giant Toblerone in one sitting you love him than to bake for him? I know, I know, you could smother yourself in melted chocolate and writhe around to Donna Summer, but frankly, that’s just not my style. So I [...]

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Can we eat chilli dogs post election night? Yes we can!

Posted in Recipes, Special events, tagged , , , , , , on November 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In response to Jude’s post below – on the fateful night that Obama got elected I was eating chilli dogs. These were a new thing for me – hotdogs with a topping of yet more meat in the form of chilli mince. Sounds kinda gross, right? Well it was lovely, as were all the [...]

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Mushrooms on toast

Posted in Recipes, tagged , , , , , , , on October 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Mushrooms on toast

When I was little, my dad used to take me mushrooming – very, very early in the morning and always on crisp autumn days.

This involved him bringing me a cup of tea at around 6am, me pulling on some wellies and us heading out into the darkness of the surrounding countryside of rural [...]

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