We started with tuna, quickly seared in a ribbed pan, accompanied by a broth with slivered ginger, sesame seeds, rice wine, shoyu, a dash of balsamic vinegar, and finely chopped coriander, and some rice. It was glorious. And then. And then. Ohmigod. We had molten chocolate cakes, accompanied by raspberries and cream. And then we…
Category: general
we love asparagus
it’s just glorious stuff, but the season is so short … we won’t buy it unless its local. Not for us the “flown in from Peru” stuff, as it has no taste. There’s some nice asparagus recipes on Nibblous – and British Asparagus is a very handy resource. Enjoy – the glorious green stuff won’t…
rice is nice
We eat far more rice than we do potato – it doesn’t need peeling, for a start. We bought a 20kg bag of basmati, and I noted the date so we could see how long it took us to eat through it. And it was 9 months and 3 weeks. There’s only two of us,…
breaking with tradition
Every year, towards the end of December, I buy a bag of cranberries. I don’t know why – I don’t like cranberry sauce, and anyway, we always eat goose for our festive dinner, but there you go; it’s part of the Christmas Tradition. And so, towards the end of February, we generally have an equally…
another year over
we had a very quiet festering season, which is exactly what we wanted. We collected kalunina from Temple Meads on Friday afternoon, and apart from a brief foray to North Street for veg and brunch on Saturday, we didn’t stir out of the house again* until we returned her to Bristol Parkway (why she used…
I said I wasn't much of a baker
But I’m quite pleased with this – it’ s a work in progress, but it’s coming along nicely. it has a sort of amateur charm, don’t you think?
Stepford Wife
Today, I have been mostly baking. I made a fabulous gruyere and cracked peppercorn bread. Or, at least, it would have been fabulous had I had a decent loaf tin instead of the ancient old things I use. It wasn’t quite cooked through, but we toasted it, and it was delicious. And I made some…
yum
We had homemade walnut bread for lunch.
a book review
In Search of Perfection, by Heston Blumenthal, reviewed by John Crace in the Guardian. Glorious stuff – read it here.