I was leafing through a few cookbooks this morning when I stumbled across my copy of Claudia Roden’s The Book of Jewish Food. What struck me about it were the number of scraps of paper sticking out of the top, each bookmarking something I wanted to cook. Little scraps of paper jammed between pages is [...]
A few weeks ago, I made some pancetta – cured bacon that was then rolled, tied and dried for three weeks to mature it. Some time later, this comment was posted: I really think you should research what prauge (sic) powder#1 and prauge (sic) powder#2 are used for before you end up making alot of [...]
Douglas Coupland’s Generation A is a story about a time when all the world’s bees have died and everybody is hooked on a drug that makes them want to be alone. It’s full of Coupland’s characteristic little asides and stories, including one where the highly-politicised, overwrought and transitory girlfriend of one of the characters freaks [...]
The Best Thing I Ever Done HQ from MargaretEmily MacKenzie on Vimeo. “When I make dough, see, I don’t measure with a scale the yeast, nothing. It’s because I have the confidence in myself, you see. I trust my hands, I trust my eye. It’s good dough when you see little holes, yes? When you [...]
In this new Channel Five cookery show, presenter Amanda Lamb tours the UK’s towns, challenging a couple of local chefs to shop in the market and then cook a two-course meal with the produce in a head-to-head competition. The first in the series is set in York, and it’s my brother’s TV debut. Rob has [...]