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Beefing Up: The Basics Of Beef
March 10, 2012
This info-graphic from across the pond contains information about the health benefits of beef, and offers a simple breakdown of the different types of cuts you can buy at your local butcher, and some easy guides to shopping for beef. I find that guides like these can be really helpful for novice shoppers and seasoned pros alike […]
In a Pickle…A Quintessentially English Affair
June 12, 2011
“In a pickle” appears in The Tempest (Act 5, scene 1) Shakespeare; a related form appears in Antony and Cleopatra (Act 2, scene 5). Thomas Tusser (an English farmer and poet) had advised, in 1573, that the husbandman “Reap barley with sickle, that lies in ill pickle.”
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PIE-brid Therapy…It’s no Porky!
March 2, 2011
“Pie…a word whose meaning has evolved in the course of many centuries and which varies to some extent according to the country or even to region….The derivation of the word may be from magpie, shortened to pie. The explanation offered in favour or this is that the magpie collects a variety of things, and that […]
Gumbo….A Soul Food Odyssey
July 30, 2010
Gumbo is a stew and/or soup which originated in the South Louisiana area. It consists primarily of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener, and the vegetable “holy trinity” of celery, bell peppers, and onion. Gumbo is often categorized by the type of thickener used: the African vegetable okra, the Choctaw spice filé powder, […]
Blackened…
October 10, 2009
Blackened Cajun Shrimp Blackening is a Cajun cooking technique where a spice mixture is rubbed on a product and then grilled or seared at a high temperature so that the spice mixture turns black. This process of blackening also increases the intense flavouring of the spice mixture. I love spicy food and I love trying […]
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Ricky Panesar
Ricky Panesar is a qualified chef, and a food consultant, food stylist and photographer based in London, with over 12 years’ professional catering experience in a range of catering environments.
“Nothing builds an intimate bond like a shared secret”
February 24, 2013
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If the success of the food ‘pop-up’ shop phenomenon over the last year or so has taught us one thing, it’s that foodies love the thrill of the chase and the satisfaction of being a part of anything that’s scarce, ‘underground’ or limited to the few. The secret menus craze began at US chain In-N-Out […]