This month’s recipes
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Turning cabbage into chou: helping you love your greens
Cabbage. Now what does that word conjure up? A soggy, smelly, unappetising vegetable? Or the trendiest green in the winter food wardrobe? I used to be in the former camp, having been raised on overcooked white cabbage at home and … Continue reading
A weeknight rarebit
Things on toast, that’s what you need on a wet, windy Monday. Things on toast that require very little work and no shopping whatsoever. A rarebit, or rabbit as some people call it, is the perfect antidote to effort as … Continue reading
Posted in Bread recipes, Cheese recipes
Tagged beer recipes, cheese recipes, easy recipes, Richard Corrigan
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Cold remedy 2: Nigel Slater’s aromatic rice
The ideal response to the end of a cold is a Vietnamese soup like this, a Thai one like this or a curry like this. However, since I didn’t have the ingredients for any of those in my cupboards, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Appetite, One pot, rice recipes, Spicy recipes
Tagged Nigel Slater recipes, one pot recipes, rice recipes
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Cold remedy 1: potato soup with crispy bacon and sage
When I have a cold I go through a few ‘food’ stages. In the first few days I need comfort: soothing soups and lots of toast. Then, when I start to feel the tug of recovery and want to kick-start … Continue reading
Posted in Appetite, Gluten-free, One pot, Potato recipes, Soup recipes, Winter vegetables
Tagged one-pot, potato soup recipes, soup recipes
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Alpine food for Alpine weather: Recipe Rifle’s Tartafin
The snow may have melted but there is apparently more on the way and you could be forgiven for slathering yourself in duck fat, wrapping yourself in foil and getting in the oven to keep warm. I have thought of … Continue reading
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Tagged cheese recipes, one pot recipes, potato recipes, Recipe Rifle
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Bertinet bread
If we are starting on the basics, then there is no more basic foodstuff to make, or learn to make than bread. I have always been a bit rubbish at it and envy my friends who can churn out soda … Continue reading
Cupboard love
Happy New Year! I hope that your festive season, if it was festive, was full of good food and drink, lovely people and no nasty lurgies. As ever, I ate, drank and spent too much and although I have no … Continue reading
WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 