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Recipe: squash flower soup (sopa de flor de calabaza) 19 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Flower soup. How fragrant and delicate that sounds. In Mexico they use the flower of the courgette or the squash. There are many different versions o...
Meet the Fockers, a recipe for gremolata or Death and Hummus 15 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
So The Teen has a boyfriend. From the North. She brought him down to London and I invited my entire family to inspect him over dinner. This visit is negotiated, after many fights and accusations of b...
Recipe: fish tacos with all the trimmings 12 Aug 2013 | 03:27 pm
You'll often find fish tacos where the fish is fried in batter. I'm not sure a battered fish works with the slim yellow disk of corn tortilla, the crunchy shredded salad and the salsas. Here, I marina...
How to make a nice cup of tea 9 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
With each infusion, the tea bud opens up, bringing different nuances of flavour. Henrietta Lovell, a kind of sexy Nancy Mitford, came over for a cup of tea last weekend. Ten years ago, she started h....
Ceviche tostadas and chipotle mayonnaise recipes 6 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Mexican oil cloth, it smells of petroleum. I love sniffing it. Inspired by my recent trip to Mexico, here is my ceviche tostadas. Ceviche itself is the laziest summer dish: no cooking involved, the ....
5 great places to eat in Mexico City 3 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Street food: blue corn tortillas with rajas, tomatillos, cheese. A heads up: you don't say Mexico City, you say 'DF' pronounced 'Day effe', meaning Federal District. It's one of the most populated ci...
Nationwide travel insurance: not free, not insured 30 Jul 2013 | 07:18 pm
This is not about food but about travel. It's really boring. Insurance is boring. But it's necessary. Any of you that have a Nationwide account will have seen that they offer free travel insurance wit...
Summer reading: food books 29 Jul 2013 | 05:07 pm
Dirt Candy by Amanda Cohen and Ryan Dunlavey This is the best cookbook I've ever read. Amanda Cohen runs a well reputed vegetarian/vegan restaurant 'Dirt Candy' in New York. Set in comic strip form, ...
How to create the perfect cheese board 26 Jul 2013 | 01:23 pm
In my last post I talked of visiting the Castello cheese dairies in Denmark. I was given the guided tour and along the way, picked up several tips about cheese. I thought it would be useful to write u...
Discovering Danish cheese in Aarhus 24 Jul 2013 | 03:30 pm
Innoculating the cheese curds with the P. roqueforti bacteria at the Castello dairy Left: A very proud Bent Hanson who manages the Gjesing dairy. Right: Elise Borregaard, a female cheese maker at Cas...
