As a child we didn’t eat rabbit that often. I do, however, remember having it one time and getting a mouthful of buckshot! At least I knew the rabbit was freshly hunted! Over the last few years, however, I have eaten rabbit several times in restaurants in France and Belgium. Getting rabbit on a restaurant […]
If you like cooking you’ll probably end up adding a mortar and pestle to your cooking arsenal at some point. I know I did. But how do you use it properly? While it’s pretty obvious that you put whatever you want to grind up or break down into the mortar and hit it with the […]
I am not a vegetarian and I have no interest in becoming one. However I don’t need to eat meat every single day, but I do need to make sure that I get enough protein and other nutrients. This infographic (source) shows the top non-meat sources of protein: Personally I like cooking with both beans […]
I’ve always been fascinated by cast iron cookware. I’ve never really owned any of it, apart from some Le Creuset saucepans. Of course Le Creuset pans are usually enamelled, so a bit more refined, while “real” cast iron has that “rugged” thing going on. While looking into cast iron cookware I discovered that most of […]
I bought an Actifry several years ago. It’s a nice device and solves a problem for me: chips without using a deep fat fryer. I’ve never liked deep fat friers. Unless you change the oil regularly they are really disgusting. Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy fries, but I try to avoid cooking with […]
I was in Bali for about 10 days recently. I could spend a lot of time talking about the food there (it was excellent), but before I do that I’d like to talk briefly about juices. One of the places we went to several times was a lovely little café in Sanur – Soul in […]
I am a self-confessed coffee addict. Unless and until I’ve had a cup (or two) of coffee I don’t really feel like my day has started. Over the years I’ve tried pretty much every type of coffee making contraption that exists. However recently I acquired a Kalita wave coffee dripper. It’s almost like going back […]
