This month’s recipes
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A little aside: what’s Jean-Marie Le Pen’s favourite food?
You might think, since he is the founder and former president of the Front National and therefore committed to all things ‘naturally’ and ‘intrinsically’ French, that Monsieur Le Pen would also be a committed boeuf bourguignon or bouillabaisse kind of … Continue reading
Tofu and spring onion omelettes
Tofu is something I rarely eat, except in a Szechuan or Cantonese restaurant, mainly because I have no idea how to cook it. But, having noticed a) that the Chinese supermarket on the corner stocks three different types, b) that … Continue reading
Pop-up dining and poetry: a marriage made in heaven or recipe for divorce?
Pop is my least favourite word in the English language (why ‘pop’ something into the oven when you can ‘put’ it, why ‘pop’ out when you can go out?) but, strangely, ‘pop-up’, at least when applied to restaurants, is one … Continue reading
Vietnamese salad recipe
The good news, at least as far as I’m concerned, is that the bug is starting to lose its grip. The bad news is so is the good weather. Blue sky has given way to grey clouds, a drop of … Continue reading
100th post, 50000 words and a break
WTF now has 100 posts, about 90 of which are recipes, lots more readers than I ever hoped for in four months and about 50000 words. I still can’t believe that it is possible to write so much in such … Continue reading
Plum tomato, mint and caper salad
I started my leftover-defrost-declutter process at the weekend not with a recipe but with a rather wasteful trashing of the large, by-now-unhappy-looking, piece of watermelon. So that salad idea was out. Then I made Bill Granger’s honey and garlic chicken again (lovely, but I think … Continue reading
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An Interlude of Not Eating…
A very brief post to say that I am rather under the weather today, as is my cat (who woke me with the awful hacking sound that all cat-owners fear…) and, therefore, not eating at all. Horrible timing since I … Continue reading
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BurgerTuesday at Andrew’s
I have had a few problems remembering days and dates this week and so, now that it’s Thursday 30th, I’ve just noticed that Wednesday 29th’s blog was inadvertently scheduled for Thurs…I thought Weds was the 30th for some reason. Anyway, … Continue reading
The Cook Shelf: why owning the book still matters
I bought delicious magazine at the weekend; I always find interesting recipes in there and, as ever, it didn’t disappoint. It also had an offer, on one of those ‘what’s going on’ round-up type pages, for the ‘ultimate recipe search’. … Continue reading
Puy lentil salad with goat’s cheese, spinach and pine nuts
Comfort food isn’t something I often associate with the summer. It’s a description I tend to use for sausages and mash, roast dinners and bowls of soothing Thai chicken soup. But sometimes I crave a particular taste, a particular combination … Continue reading
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WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 