In the barely imaginable days before food blogs and websites, recipes came only from cookbooks, your female relatives, or TV shows. How the world has changed, but how much that past life still informs us. I bet that all self-confessed foodies can trace their early… Read More
All posts tagged “vegetarian”
How to cook courgette flowers
One of the best things about shopping at farmers markets is the potential to be surprised by the fleeting appearance of unusual and special produce rarely seen in supermarkets. And so it was one morning at the Davies Park Market, when I spotted several trays… Read More
Meat and I
A quick glance at my recipe list easily gives the impression that I am a vegetarian, but then people sometimes take a quick glance at me and assume I’m vegetarian (am I that pale?). I do cook a lot of vegetarian food, but I also… Read More
How to wash lentils
So much for carnivorousness, I can’t get enough of lentils lately. I’ve written about lentils before, so you know about their late appearance in my diet. What I haven’t written about is their first, and how I learned to cook them. When I was 16… Read More