We spent a week in Barcelona recently, and walking around the city, you notice little bars and cafes everywhere selling hot chocolate with long, piped doughnuts, ribbons of fried batter coated in sugar and sold in cones or paper bags. Ethan latched onto the idea, as kids do, that he wanted to try churros, but [...]
It’s strange that most cuisines have some sort of variation on the humble meatball, and I think it’s a little sad that we Brits don’t think more highly of them. There’s a world of things that can be done with this method. This is the Thai version. Tod man mu are heavily spiced little pork [...]
Chile Peppers are one of those vegetables (actually berries!) that seem to provoke either unbridled masochism or abject terror. I like a bit of both personally. But like wine (my other passion), there is a breathtaking and intriguing array of varieties as I discovered close up on a recent visit to the annual ‘Chile Fiesta‘ [...]
Remember that salt cod I made the other week? Here’s what became of it. Brandade de morue or brandade de bacaloa, depending on if you’re French or Spanish is a simple emulsion of salt cod and olive oil, most often eaten with bread. It’s common across France and Spain, and versions of it exist in [...]
Moroccan cuisine is rich with influences that betray the country’s history as a strategically important place, with distinct Arabic influences laid over more obvious North African traits. There’s also Moorish and European influence in there, too, pointing to Morocco’s closeness to Spain, and its position as a gateway to southern Europe. The tagine is emblematic [...]