I know it is inauthentic but it’s a long way from pot noodle, ingredients are accessible, easily recreated and unapologetically absolutely delicious.
Tag: cuisine
Neapolitana
As some of you know I’ve recently been on holiday in Italy. Of course Italy is drenched in history and there are some quintessential Italian tourist spots that you can’t miss but when you start planning your trip you don’t realise that Italy is quite a large country! And with all things Italian – eating…
Vegetarian
The recent Horsemeat scandal has left farmers incensed as meat sales have plummeted, supermarkets have lost billions in profits and governments struggle in vain to draw a line under the scandal over horsemeat being sold as beef. So with consumers ditching beef for veggie ready meals it makes me question why people feel that creating vegetarian dishes…
Kedgeree – a bit like Paella but curried!
Before any of you ask, this was not a student creation from my University days gone by! Kedgeree is at its most basic, a dish consisting of boiled rice, flaked fish, curry powder and hard boiled eggs. It is thought to have originated from an Indian rice and bean/lentil dish called Khichri, and widely believed…
El Capote – Italiano
“Good company, good food and good wine!” That was the welcome and introduction that we received at El Capote’s 5th wine and food matching held Thursday 7th June. The theme for this evening’s dining experience was Italian. As pretty much everyone had already been to at least one of the previous four evenings, they knew the…
Gibraltar
In the current political climate with Monarchs abandoning luncheon, frontier queues exceeding 3 hours due to fishing related debates, and with Calentita (Gibraltar’s Food Festival) fast approaching, I thought it was only appropriate that I embraced Gibraltarianism and confirmed my patriotism – even if only in the kitchen! So what makes a recipe quintessentially Gibraltarian?…
Gastro
The name of this blog suggests that perhaps this is going to be another one of those frivolous wittering blogs written by somebody who pretends to know about food. I wish to immediately push that idea out of your head. It is no such thing. This blog is a culinary voyage (so to speak) my journey with food….
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