OK. I’ll come clean, it’s really eating on or by the beach, one of the great things about living by the sea during the summer.
I’ve been working all this weekend on a rush job for a client, so for lunch yesterday I grabbed some sushi from Marks & Spencer (more about sushi very soon) and [...]
I got a bit narky when I went into the shop at Carluccio’s in Brighton recently. And not just Carluccio’s - we have Oil & Vinegar here in Worthing and in Brighton.
They, and their ilk are the home of overpriced Lifestyle (with a capital ‘L’) branded food - one showing a very Body Shop-like corporate [...]
We tasted our way around the stalls in Montague Street, Worthing, and came back with some fantastic stuff.
From top left, clockwise: broccoli pesto, tomato and onion focaccia, Italian white bread with olives, Italian sausage with fennel, scirocco pesto (with tuna, olive oil, capers, mint and garlic), prosciutto, black olives, artichoke hearts, green olives, sweet garlic, [...]
No it’s not a verb, despite what the dictionary tells me:
lime1 noun 1 loosely calcium oxide. 2 loosely slaked lime. 3 loosely limestone. 4 bird-lime. 5 dialect any slimy or gluey substance. verb (liming, limed) 1 to cover with lime. 2 to apply ground limestone as a fertilizer to (soil). 3 to trap (usually birds, [...]
It’s the barbecue season (fingers crossed for the weather!), and that sometimes means burgers. All the experts tell me something I can agree with - make burgers with beef with a good percentage of fat for moisture and flavour.
Saturated animal fat is a complete killer for most diets, of course.
But I’ve found a great alternative. [...]
Pat Chapman\’s Vegetable Curry Bible by Pat Chapman
Don\’t Sweat the Aubergine: What Works in the Kitchen and Why by Nicholas Clee
Soho Cooking by Alastair Little
In Search of Perfection by Heston Blumenthal
Gordon Ramsay\’s Sunday Lunch: And Other Recipes from the \ by Gordon Ramsay
