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A-Z of English Food - feel free to contribute!
Updated: 08/01/08
The Full Kitchen Bookshelf
Updated: 28/12/07
Where you might find me lurking: Food Blogs
Some of my favourite UK-based food blogs:
- Aidan Brooks: Trainee Chef
- A Slice of Cherry Pie
- Have Fork Will Travel
- Living to Eat
- Real Epicurean
- Salt and Woodsmoke
- The Cottage Smallholder
- The Thorngrove Table
- The Tracing Paper
- Writing At The Kitchen Table
And some from further afield:
- Amuse Bouche
- Chocolate and Zucchini
- Delicious:Days
- Fanatic Cook
- Kate Hill
- Nami Nami
- Spiceblog
And non-blog sites:
FeedReel on Food and Drink - the latest project from Nick @ The Tracing Paper
Nat Decants FREE Wine E-Newsletter Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean - visit www.nataliemaclean.com
Want to see your blog here? email me the link and I'll take a look!
Latest Book Reviews
Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking - a review
Morimoto - the new art of japanese cooking reviewed. "Beautiful, sublime, informative but utterly bonkers"
The Full Kitchen Bookshelf
I'm trying to compile my full list of cook books - it's going to take a while I think! Here are some to be getting on with...
The Food of Spain and Portugal - a review
A stunning overview of the 21 regions of Iberia highlighting the different gastronomic variations in each - written with style and a clear love of the landscape, people and food of the area
Nobody Does It Better: A Review
Nobody Does It Better: Why French Home Cooking Is Still The Best In The World - on the evidence of this passionate and entertaining book, French home cooking is still in pretty fine fettle.
Forthcoming book reviews
Mushroom - Nick Sandler and Johnny Acton
Moro East - Sam and Sam Clarke
Week in Week Out - Simon Hopkinson
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We got a mention in The Guardian - check out their A-Z of unusual ingredients part 2.
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Trout and Prosciutto
Thursday, 28 August 2008 12:00 A GMT+01
We're off to Portugal soon and I've been scouring Elisabeth Luard's excellent book for recipes that we should cook while we're out there One of them intrigued me - trout wrapped in local ham... here's a version.
Cockles in France
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 12:00 A GMT+01
I blogged a while back about scraping around in the sand for cockles on a beach in France. Here are the photos and the recipe...Cockles with rose wine and creme fraiche
The Kipper Club
Thursday, 21 August 2008 10:12 P GMT+01
A members-only club that meets regularly in Surrey.
Haddock with Garbanzos
Wednesday, 6 August 2008 1:55 P GMT+01
A strange mix perhaps, but this made for a great Saturday evening dinner in front of the TV recently. Big, fat pieces of haddock, grilled so ths skin was crisp and the white flakes of fish just cooked through, served on top of a gutsy dish of c
Turbot with basil, pine nuts and almonds
Tuesday, 10 June 2008 8:48 A GMT+01
Summer is here! We'll see if we're still saying that in a few weeks, but for the time being, the sun is out and the evenings are getting warmer. So time for some summer cooking. This dish is perfect for a summer evening...
Valentine's Seduction (Part 2)
Tuesday, 12 February 2008 9:37 A GMT+01
Part 2 of the Valentine's seduction menu - the main course - and for me it has to be scallops.
A different Thai fishcake recipe
Tuesday, 18 December 2007 9:34 A GMT+01
My very first post all that time ago was about Thai fishcakes - we had them again last night It was Spud's birthday and I had rashly promised whatever she wanted for dinner... these are a little different - green rather than red.
Baked trout with lemon butter sauce
Monday, 17 December 2007 10:20 A GMT+01
While not the dish I intended to cook, this was a pretty good way of serving a couple of trout...
Halibut with pea puree
Tuesday, 30 October 2007 1:50 P GMT+01
A few months ago now, I had the chance to visit Petrus with a group of colleagues. You may have read my review, where I declared my favourite course to be the halibut with pea puree. I decided this weekend that I would try to recreate it
A kind of bourride
Tuesday, 2 October 2007 12:00 A GMT+01
The classic bourride is a fish soup-come-stew from the South of France; pungent with garlic it is thickened with aioli rather than cream. This isn't the classic recipe though...
A huge baked red snapper
Tuesday, 28 August 2007 5:06 P GMT+01
I used to buy snapper when I lived near Brixton - but I'd never had one as big as this before. Simply baked with a few herbs and spices, it was a terrific feast...
Salmon with a foaming chive cream sauce
Friday, 17 August 2007 12:31 P GMT+01
It's another fish recipe. And another recipe using the rather good wild alaskan salmon from Sainsburys. This one comes with a lovely foamy, creamy, lemony chive sauce...
Mackerel Recheado - another mackerel barbeque recipe
Wednesday, 8 August 2007 8:41 A GMT+01
Mackerel is one of my favourite fish. Unrefined perhaps, but very tasty, very healthy (packed with omega-3 and vitamins D and B-12), plentiful and cheap.
Roast Cod with a Mediterranean Vegetable Broth
Monday, 18 June 2007 2:49 P GMT+01
Let's not get into the whole 'ethics of cod' debate right now - even though it's an intersting topic. Here's a recipe for cod or other white fish with some lovely summery vegetables.
Barbequed Sea Bass with Fennel Mayonnaise
Friday, 8 June 2007 1:04 P GMT+01
Elsewhere, I've talked about how well sea bass and fennel seem to go together. It's just one of those natural pairings that you just stumble upon every so often. In this recipe, I've used fennel seeds and fennel herb as well as some pastis.
How to fillet a flat fish - lemon sole
Friday, 18 May 2007 2:16 P GMT+01
Originally, this was going to be a recipe for breadcrumbed and fried goujons of lemon sole - but the cooking bit is so easy, it doesn't need it. Instead, here are some tips on how to fillet a flat fish such as a lemon sole.
Prawn caldine
Monday, 14 May 2007 8:43 A GMT+01
By popular request, curries in my house tend to come from a limited repetoire - there's Thai green curry, stuffed vegetable curry and this one - a fresh, hot and slightly sweet curry from Goa
Smoked Haddock, Asparagus and Poached Egg
Saturday, 12 May 2007 12:00 A GMT+01
I have a real fondness for good quality smoked haddock - big fat flakes of comforting smokey, salty fish can't really be beaten. Here it is with a poached egg and some lovely fresh asparagus.
A Perfect Weekend... a Mackerel, a Barbeque and a Chicken Noodle Soup
Monday, 16 April 2007 9:24 A GMT+01
What could be better? Sunshine, a barbeque, a mackerel, some home-made burgers and a chicken noodle soup.
'Semi-cured' Salmon with Leeks and Cider Vinegar Dressing
Tuesday, 10 April 2007 9:44 A GMT+01
While Spud and I eat a reasonable amount of fish, I'm aware that we don't eat enough oily fish - we're probably deficient in all that lovely omega-3 oil that is reputed to do everything from saving our hearts to making us brainy.I love mo
Plaice with lemon and basil mayonnaise
Wednesday, 4 April 2007 3:14 P GMT+01
Another weekend, another flat fish! Plaice is not disimilar to lemon sole, I guess - it isn't a hugely flavoured fish but is pleasant enough. To my mind, it needs something to perk it up. I love it from a good chippie - battered
Pan-fried lemon sole with a light mushroom risotto
Monday, 19 March 2007 9:19 A GMT+01
A quick rant about menu terminology... then another risotto recipe... mushroom risotto made light with lemon zest and topped with lemon sole and sauted mushrooms
Restaurant Review: Fish! Kitchen, Kingston-upon-Thames
Monday, 24 April 2006 2:06 P GMT+01
I've been meaning to blog about this for a few weeks now and not got round to it...At the end of 2005, the long-established (and excellent) Jarvis Fishmonger of Coombe Road, Kingston-upon-Thames (well, Norbiton really) opened an informal restaurant i
Pan-fried trout with chunky tzatziki, mixed vegetables and sauté potatoes
Wednesday, 4 January 2006 2:00 P GMT+01
Last night's dinner was another fishy and healthy success. Trout is high in that lovely omega3 oil, tzatziki provides plenty of calcium and the benefits of raw garlic - the cucumber doesn't provide much (a little vitamin c and a and a touch of
Smoked Eel - the ultimate luxury food
Tuesday, 27 September 2005 1:15 P GMT+01
Sadly, eel is one of those foodstuffs that people pull a face at, saying "Oh, eeeeel... I couldn't!". It sits alongside offal in registering disgust from those who haven't tried it. If your one experience of eel is the famous London jel
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