The other week, my cousin gave me a pretty nifty little Tom Yum soup
kit that she picked up in a Thai supermarket in London. The kit
contained lemongrass, galangal, lime leaves, chillis, and a lime. When
I cooked the various ingredients up into a soup with some coconut milk,
stock and vegetables, the flavour was amazing. I keep banging on about
it, but I continue to find it to be true: if you have the right
ingredients, making delicious, and really authentic (in this case) Thai
food is...
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16 Jul 2009 12:00 GMT
Last week I took a train under the English Channel and spent a week in France. As is often the case with cliches, many of them were true, especially the culinary ones. Seriously, I have never eaten so much baguette et fromage.
One of the culinary cliches I was pleased the see upheld was a love of crepes. I always say that it is a shame to only eat pancakes on pancake day, so you know, when in Rome! A...
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14 Jul 2009 12:00 GMT
A friend of mine announced her engagement this week, and she let me know she wanted to have a green wedding. She asked me for some tips and suggestions on how to make her very special day just a little bit more environmentally friendly. While some things go without saying - like no conflict diamonds - a lot of work goes into planning a wedding. Here are some tips to get you started on your environmentally-friendly wedding.
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10 Jul 2009 14:30 GMT
When I go to Thai restaurants, I always try really hard to get something other than Thai Green Curry, but almost always fail. It is just too tasty. Get yourself a good quality Thai curry paste though, and you can create a dish of restaurant standard at home, for a fraction of the price, and hardly any effort.
The paste you buy really is key, so I would recommend steering clear of the supermarket usuals on this occasion (Sharwoods, anything with
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10 Jul 2009 12:00 GMT
Ordinarily, I am somewhat suspicious of fusion food. I once saw a guy bitching about ‘chicken tikka lasagna’, a rank sounding combination of curry, pasta and cheese, in a comedy routine, and high end London fusion restaurant Asia de Cuba has always seemed like a slightly ridiculous idea to me (people of Asia de Cuba, if you fancy proving me wrong, head on over t...
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07 Jul 2009 12:00 GMT
The dirty donar kebab has got a lot to answer for.
Quite rightly, the popularity of spiced reformed meat, rammed onto a large skewer, and spun around in a chip-shop window at optimum bacteria breeding temperature, has given the K word a pretty bad name. Done properly though, marinated, grilled chicken with warm toasted pita bread and fresh, crispy salad can be a delicious, healthy meal that deserves far more than being forced down after 5 pints of cider.
A kebab is not...
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02 Jul 2009 12:00 GMT
Last Friday, I went to one of my favourite London restaurants, Tod’s Grill in Islington, and had some amazing Parma ham wrapped cod. It struck me as I was eating it, that it would actually be a very easy dish to make well, the quality of the fish, and the winning combination of salty pork with delicate white fish being what make it so delicious.
The cod that I had at Tod’s was served with a wonderful caper and parsley sauce, but for a quick mid-week meal, this is just as delici...
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30 Jun 2009 13:00 GMT
Pizza is undoubtedly one of the filthiest takeaways.
Of course, you can get a pretty nice Pizza delivered from a restaurant, or a gourmet take-away service such as Raw, but they can be expensive and feel like a bit of an extravagant cop-out for when you simply can’t be arsed with cooking. If you’re going to spend that much on food, it seems like you should at least make it worth the money and drag your lazy-arse to a nice restaurant.
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25 Jun 2009 13:30 GMT
While some of us may prefer to froth up our own milk and shell out the money for a home espresso machine, some of us would rather just stay home and make a coffee in three minutes flat, for a measly forty pence.
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25 Jun 2009 10:30 GMT
During the summer, soup can get a little neglected. There is of course perennial favourite, Gazpacho, but for those who can't deal with cold, pureed vegetables, soup is largely off the menu during summer months.
Broccoli, along with its good friend blue cheese however, make a delicious soup that is just as appetising in the summer months. Instead of blending the cheese into the soup, chunks of creamy dolcelatte float around a deliciously fresh, green and summery soup, making it as d...
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23 Jun 2009 14:30 GMT