I have a confession: I don’t like vegetables. I’m more of a fruit person. However I will admit there has been the odd occasion where someone has prepared some vegetable in a way that has blown my socks off. So in an effort to not get rickets, I purchased the most stunning book by Nigel …
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A starter of my very own!
One of the best aromas in the world, is the smell of freshly baked bread. This new year has been filled with simple white loaves, whole wheat bread and even flax seed and oat bread… but nothing really quite hit the spot. I was searching for that true tasting bread, and I luckily discovered that …
DIY Sous Vide
Do it yourself sous vide.
Ethical Food Part 2
So I found this online. Its a BBC program called Kill it, Cook it, Eat it. It deals with animals from farm to plate. Not an easy watch, but pretty much as real as it gets. The whole thing is explained in the first 15 seconds or so. Not for the faint of heart.
Simple Strawberry Shortcake
Hello all and a very Happy New Year!!! Welcome to a new decade hopefully filled with scrumptious food and yummy num nums…. Anyways, so over the Christmas break I perfected a cake I enjoy very much and that is Strawberry Shortcake. Although winter is generally not a season to be making anything involving fresh strawberries, …
A Jolly Old Christmas
Christmas has always been one of my favorite times of the year, not for the time off work or the drunken stumbling of friends and family although they do go hand in hand. The Christmas season would not be the same without it, Christmas to me is being with family, eating amazing homemade food and …
The healing soup
I remember being sick with a nasty cold a few years ago and a good friend of mine brought me a huge containerof his homemade chicken soup. I ate the soup up and instantly felt better. I have never eaten another soup like this with such magical healing properties, although I have tried several times. …
Stock
Right now I am sitting at one end of my home dining table. At the other end, on the other side is my brand new stock pot. It is the largest stock pot I have ever owned. The gianorma-pot is sitting on an induction burner and in it are the slow beginnings of a demi …