Ramen

I know it is inauthentic but it’s a long way from pot noodle, ingredients are accessible, easily recreated and unapologetically absolutely delicious.

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…

Summer Is…

The Neanderthal in me; challenged as I strategically pile the charcoal around the fire lighters, comforted as I watch the sunset-red flames dance around the coals, rapturous as I fan the fire to make sure the black coals are turning white. BBQ season is upon us. And in my household (i.e. me!) it means being…

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…

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….