Saturday, 31 October 2020

week 38 The Border Cookbook - Cheryl and Bill Jamison

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While it feels like ancient history now (as I sit here writing this on the eve of Lockdown 2.0...) when Lockdown 1.0 was first announced, th...
Thursday, 29 October 2020

week 37 Everyday Harumi

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When the Ewing and I were both penniless library workers and travelled to Japan, I was preparing myself for it to be so ruinously expensive ...
Monday, 19 October 2020

week 36 - Simon Hopkinson Cooks

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Once upon a time lamb shanks, like pork belly, oxtail and oysters - the latter famously ending up in Victorian pies to bulk them out (althou...
Saturday, 10 October 2020

week 35 - Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat - Samin Nosrat

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One of the things I was most looking forward to about #cookbookchallenge was creating fancy confections with involved instructions, precise ...
Friday, 9 October 2020

week 34 - Nigella Bites - Nigella Lawson

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Despite my 'normal' working life ceasing on a grey Thursday at the end of March, work has continued at a manic pace, unabated by glo...
Saturday, 19 September 2020

week 33 - Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery

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  Following hot on the heels of one childhood classic - the infamous Delia's tarragon chicken, from her Summer Collection - this week fe...
Sunday, 6 September 2020

week 32 Delia's Summer Collection - Delia Smith

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'Delia's tarragon chicken' always reminds me of my family. It was a family favourite when I growing up and my Mum and Sister sti...