I’m staying in the spare bedroom of a friend, Arvid, at the moment and he is expecting, my reputation apparently preceding me, not only to get good meals cooked for him, but to learn how to do it for himself.
‘I can’t cook’, he was pretty straightforward on the subject. And, indeed, when I first looked [...]
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Cooking for men 101
Posted in food on December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Vindaloo
Posted in food on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I dare say one could write a book about Vindaloo but for now, having been standing and cooking one for the last hour, just this: there are two critical elements to any of a thousand vindaloo recipes. One is the cut of meat. The other is the colour. It must be a gorgeous gleaming brown [...]
Cheese Rusks
Posted in food on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an old-fashioned Australian recipe for feeding farmers. That is, it’s a recipe for men who do physically hard work all day and need food to match. So we are not talking delicate. On the other hand, when I was invited to afternoon tea today, ‘you don’t have to bring anything, nobody else is, [...]
The steak sandwich
Posted in food, tagged steak sandwich on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Heat an cast-iron griddle until it is smoking. While this is happening, toast strong white bread – a good sourdough mostly likely or something like Philippa’s Pane Toscana. Have ready beetroot, tinned, of course, sliced tomato, onion and tomato sauce. While you are assembling these things onto the toast, which you will first butter, you [...]
Pasta, still.
Posted in food on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Warm salad.
While something like bow pasta – macaroni of some type, not too large – is boiling:
Destem wild rocket. Yes it does matter and it is worth it, even if it’s for guests, not just you. Destemming rocket is the difference between happiness and some place you don’t want to be. Chop.
Grate parmesan – [...]
