Tag: FOOD [superfood.blog-city.com]

Where you might find me lurking: Food Blogs

Some of my favourite UK-based food blogs:

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.

Latest tagged entries for 'FOOD'

Christmas feasting - what we ate...

Monday, 8 January 2007 1:52 P GMT+01

So Christmas is finally over for another year - we're all on diets (actually I'm not, just I ought to be) and living frugally for the next month or so.Christmas feasting for us took on quite a gamey feel - with woodcock and venison - and we m

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A great British tradition - Roast Beef

Monday, 17 October 2005 1:43 P GMT+01

Britain has a great tradition of roasting meats - the French don't call us Roast Beef for nothing. This is partly due to the Brits having long had separate beef and dairy herds. So when you tuck into that French steak, while it has tons of flavou

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Spaghetti Bolognese - my way

Monday, 10 October 2005 12:05 P GMT+01

I don't claim to be an expert when it comes to Italian food (or any other food for that matter), but I do think Spaghetti Bolognese is one of the most abused and maligned of recipes.Unaffectionately known as 'spag bol' by too many people, this simple

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An autumnal risotto

Thursday, 6 October 2005 1:47 P GMT+01

After the disappointment of Wagamama's on Tuesday evening, we had risotto at home last night.I bought an unidentified squash from a farm shop at the weekend and roasted it before turning it into a quite unctuous risotto.I'm not really a huge fan of s

Wagamama? Nothanksmama

Wednesday, 5 October 2005 1:17 P GMT+01

Last night I went to see Paco de Lucia at the Barbican. He was magical. He made me want to eat little toasted sandwiches with chorizo and garlic, salted roasted almonds and patatas bravas, washed down with a glass of Rioja. Instead, I met-up with

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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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Smoked salmon pasta - quick, simple and cheap luxury on a plate!

Friday, 23 September 2005 4:31 P GMT+01

The most time consuming thing about last night's dinner (other than the eating!) was boiling the pasta.While that was on the go, I sliced some spring onions, gently softened them in olive oil, threw in a whack of creme fraiche and let it all cook tog

Guinea Fowl - why it's so much better than chicken!

Thursday, 22 September 2005 1:21 P GMT+01

I've only recently discoverd Guinea Fowl for the home cook - I've had it in restaurants a few times, but a few weeks back I saw one on offer in my local Sainsbury's and gave it a whirl.I've bought two more since - particularly as they were on special

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