Yesterday I made a Cypriot (not just Cypriot, but it’s where I know it from) dish called Fagi or Fadgi. Lentils and rice, basically, with a shed load of fried onions and lemon. (Turns out I knew it under a different name, fakes moutzentra, which is why I was confused when I heard an American …
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Nose to Tail Lamb Curry
If you eat meat, then it's worth checking out the lesser known cuts. The bits that need long, slow cooking give back so much flavour in return for a few hours of low temperature cooking.I've never really been sure why people would go "Eeew!" at the thought of ears or feet, when they're quite happy …
Taking the Darjeeling Express
Now, if I was Guy Fieri, and I had taken up squatting rights on Food Network, I would say I was on the Darjeeling Express to Flavourtown. I am not he, but you know...the food at Asma Khan's pop up restaurant/supper club transports you fairly and squarely into the very heart of Flavourtown, if Flavourtown …
Seasonal Salad
I do love a good salad. Not the old British version that was a strip of lettuce, a tomato, a few slices of cucumber and some salad cream – though there is a place for that, and I love salad cream – but a full on, flavour packing plate of different flavours and textures. I …
Lentil and Sausage Stew
Thursday was meant to be a Visiting Person in Hospital night, but that had to be postponed, so cooking dinner needed to be done. A quick trek around Waitrose yielded lots of things on the reduced shelf, so I bought Caramelised Onion sausages, Unearthed’s lovely mini snack chorizo, celery, sage and smoked cubes of pancetta. …
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