Mexican

Pinche Pinche, Chapel Allerton, Leeds

Pinche Pinche Mexican Restaurant, Chapel Allerton, leeds

You know those times when a restaurant creates a bit of a buzz about it?  How it gets mentioned often on twitter and facebook and blogged about endlessly? That makes me nervous. There are plenty of places that don’t live up to their hype, plenty of places that just have good PR people cooking up [...]

Eating out

Mexican chorizo, standing by in the fridge

Mexican style chorizo, but Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

I’ve come close to attempting to make dry-cured sausages a couple of times, but never been able to get the right equipment together to make it happen.  The sticking point is controlling temperature and humidity properly, so that the sausage cures without developing any nasty surprises, like botulism. To get good results safely, I’d need [...]

Food & drink

Guacamole

Guacamole

Guacamole is a dish that doesn’t lend itself to two things – mass production and sitting around. Avocado deteriorates at an astonishingly fast rate, so commercial guacamole has to be packed full of mysterious additions to stop it discolouring. After a couple of hours exposure to the air, an avocado’s natural colour is a kind [...]

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