I used to love fine dining, but I lost my appetite for it to a degree because sometimes it is too much about the effort and too little about the result.
From Yotam Ottolenghi
One of the troubles with food is that people take themselves too seriously. This is why I'm very happy for people to change my recipes, alter them, replace one ingredient for another.
The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.
Fusion food as a concept is kind of trying to quite consciously fuse things that are sometimes quite contradictory, sometimes quite far apart, to see if they'd work.
Some breakfast cereals only come into their own as children's party treats: what are cornflakes and Coco Pops for, if not to clump together with melted chocolate and spoon into a cupcake holder?
Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
When it comes to the battle of the molluscs, cephalopods win tentacles down.
Most fish require a short cooking time, but cephalopods are the exception to this fishy rule. As with some cuts of larger land beasts, the longer they're cooked, the more tender they get.
As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
I have had to come to terms with the fact that I am hooked on Twitter. Not good.
56 perspectives
36 perspectives
21 perspectives
16 perspectives
15 perspectives
7 perspectives
3 perspectives
2 perspectives