Category: food
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Birthday lunch at The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd - oven roasted miso cod, wild rice, red pepper & gochujang puree and a kimchi fritter. And a bowl of chips ๐
Also a Weird Dad porter ๐บ
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O Manelโs. ๐
Brilliant food!
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The dayโs produce, created whilst watching and listening to Afghanistan v England ๐
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Todayโs breakfast bowl
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Yesterday I cooked the recipe for slow cooked Sifnos Chickpeas shared by Jeremy Cherfas @jeremycherfas. Definitely worth the long cooking time. It was delicious served with freekeh, rocket and some aioli.
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Our family Christmas dinner this year was a Mexican themed menu ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฝ
Cooked from three cookbooks, with most of the recipes coming from Karla Zazueta’s Authentic Family Recipes from Northern Mexico. All turned out very well ๐จโ๐ณ
Now just polishing off leftovers.
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Watching the Strictly Come Dancing Final with family & friends ๐๐บ
Champagne ๐ฅ Beer ๐บ Port ๐ท Snacks
Pizzas arriving soon ๐
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Just been given 3.5kg of green tomatoes. Think Iโll be making green tomato chutney tomorrow ๐
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Mini-barbecue for burgers time ๐
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Weather yesterday was good enough for garden pizza ๐
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Today’s kitchen experiment: Lacto-fermented green beans. Results will be known in about a fortnight ๐ค
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Instead of the usual one 1ยผ hrs it took us over 2ยฝ hrs to drive to Bristol last night - delays leading up to the Brynglas Tunnel and an accident on the Severn Bridge ๐
But it was made worthwhile by fish and chips at The Hatchet Inn and my first visit to St. Georgeโs. An impressive venue.
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After a birthday day of beach, beer and pizza will be finishing with cheese (Perl Wen and Perl Las) and wine. Then hot tub in the dark, hopefully with some clear and starry skies. Evening weather forecast looks good ๐ ๐
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Had a fantastic weekend in Bristol celebrating my daughter’s birthday - Japanese restaurant, board game bar-cafรฉ and cake ๐
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crispy โ day 09 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ
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My bread is trying to escape! โ ๏ธ๐
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Italian theme tonight - spaghetti with (vegan) meatballs and Chianti Classico ๐ท ๐ฎ๐น
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The soup turned out to have quite an attractive colour when blended ๐
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Well, this is vibrant! The beginnings of a carrot, butternut squash, sweet potato and beetroot soup, spiced with garlic, smoked paprika and a little chilli ๐ถ
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Tapas at Casa Andaluz, Edinburgh last night
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Frosty morning. On my way to Cardiff for an Escape Room followed by a bottomless prosecco brunch ๐๐๏ธ๐ฅ
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Squash, sage & maple soda bread ๐
from a Riverford recipe
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Linkblog ๐: Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers find
Study discovers telltale signs on human teeth from Spain to Lithuania, spanning period from 6400 BC to 12th century AD
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I watched The Great British Bake Offโs Bread Week on Tuesday so of course Iโve had to attempt a cottage loaf for the first time โฆ
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A morning of kimchi production ๐ฐ๐ท
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Location check in ๐บ โ Taverna Stefanos, Parga ๐
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Nice weather so trying out cooking flatbreads over a fire pit. Will later be barbecuing salmon and prawns to go with them ๐ฅ ๐ซ ๐ฆ ๐
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Dirty fries - sauerkraut, cheese, aioli, ketchup - and sticky tempura aubergine, coriander and chilli bao bun. Delicious but it got messy ๐
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An old loaf tin has made a re-appearance since my bread maker broke down. Handmade bread which is very tasty, but not quite getting the rise I want yet ๐
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Location check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge, Gloucester Road, Bristol for vegan Beyond Meat Cheeseburger and Malbec ๐ท
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Great selection delivered from The Tinned Fish Market ๐
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Spinach and onion frittata ๐ฅ
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A bad day for bread. My Panasonic SD-2501WXC bread maker appears to have given up the ghost today after a 12 year lifespan. Appears to have died in the middle of baking a spelt loaf ๐ข
Roughly estimate itโs baked close to 1500 loaves of bread plus made 200-300 kilograms of pizza dough ๐๐
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I find myself having a bagel and coffee for breakfast and watching football. At just after 2am.
My wife and daughter had to leave early for a short holiday theyโre taking together so I thought Iโd watch the Womenโs World Cup USA v Vietnam match. Iโll also be watching England v Haiti later โฝ๏ธ
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๐ฅง Pie, baked potato and peas for tea ๐
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Sometimes I cave in …
Egg & Cheese McMuffin meal with latte for breakfast โ
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Location check in ๐บ โ one night at The Old Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye. Superb Wye Valley Smokery kippers served for breakfast ๐
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Burger buns baked. Unusually uniform shape and size for my baking ๐
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๐ Pompeii fresco depicts what might be the precursor of pizza
Archaeologists have discovered a fresco in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii that may depict the ancestor of the Italian pizza.
More details from The History Blog: Still life with pizza found at Pompeii
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โ๏ธ Asherโs Whisky Fruit Cake and coffee
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๐ฅ Making carrot top pesto
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Bank Holiday start - been making a vegan soda bread loaf. Then ate half of it for breakfast - tasted really good ๐ ๐
(Vegan because it used oat milk and lemon juice in place of the traditional buttermilk).
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Browsing a charity shop in town today and found this weighty 500 page book on Greek food - Culinaria Greece: Greek Specialities by Marianthi Milona. Full of what look to be delicious recipes. Good find for just ยฃ1 ๐๐๐ฌ๐ท
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An airport corner for final Nata - not the same โ๏ธ
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Lovely evening on a road behind Rossio Square. Plate of sardines, plate of cheese, bread, two glasses of wine each, all for โฌ13. Guys at the cafe couldnโt have been nicer.
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Location check in ๐บ โ Noobai. Wine and dips with a view of the river.
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An empanada in the Jardin da Estrela
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Location check in ๐บ โ da Prata 52. Tapas.
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Petisqueira Conqvistador, beer and bolinhos de bacalhau
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Late morning veggie breakfast in Wetherspoons. Theyโve sold out of mushrooms and tomatoes ๐
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slice โ day 29 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
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prompt โ day 28 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
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tiny โ day 21 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
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๐ง Baking a Camembert
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whole โ day 07 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
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๐ฅ Breakfast at Hotel Indigo, Cardiff
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Location check in ๐บ โ Franco Manca Pizza, Cardiff ๐
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Iโve been inspired by Rachel Roddy this week. Some delicious results.
On Tuesday I cooked her recipe for broad bean, potato and fennel soup which provided two evening meals.
Then yesterday I made a Romanian apple and caraway loaf cake, her selection from Irina Georgescuโs book Tava.
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Wild Beer Co Beyond Modus 8 ๐บ
Very wine-like beer - a โstrong, wild and sour Flanders Redโ. Delicious.
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๐ Preparing bread
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Xmas Dinner 2022
I know Iโm composing this post a few days late, on the morning of New Yearโs Eve, 31st December 2022, but for my reference I do want a record of the food I cooked for this yearโs Christmas dinner.
Most years I cook Christmas dinner around a specific theme (often a nationality) or from a particular (often new) cookery book. This year our meal was based on Afro Vegan: Family recipes from a British-Nigerian kitchen by Zoe Alakija.
Starters were
- Lebanese-Nigerian Roast Chickpea Shawarma
- Smoky Cashew and Beetroot Dip
and mains
- Classic Jollof Rice
- Groundnut Stew with Sweet Potato
- Efo Riro (Stewed Greens)
- Suya-Battered Vegetable Kebabs
- Eba
The only slight disappointment was the eba - small starchy balls of dough made from garri flour (cassava). Iโd never cooked with the flour before and think I got the consistency wrong - too soft and sticky.
Cooking all that was a lot of work for a relaxed family meal for just the four of us. We certainly didnโt eat everything - leftovers were contributed to a much larger Boxing Day family meal at my brother-in-lawโs farm.
This was the first time I’d cooked from Afro Vegan - I will certainly be trying out more recipes from it.
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๐ฒ๐ฝ Tacos at Wahaca
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๐ฅ Very late breakfast time
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๐ Making rice pudding ๐
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Squash and leek lasagne turned out to be very good. Bookmarking idea for future use ๐คค
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Experimenting. This will be a butternut squash and leek lasagne.
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I get a box of vegetables delivered weekly from Riverford Organic Farmers. Included with each box is a printed newsletter from the founder Guy Singh-Watson. I found this week’s, about plastic food packaging, very informative:
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Broke all the rules tonight, made (and ate) a vegan Hawaiian pizza. Iโm not vegan or Hawaiian ๐
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๐ต A cup of sencha tea
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๐ซ Making hummus
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This Isnโt Bacon roll. My sub rolls turned out a little plump but very tasty ๐คค
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๐ฅ Baking bread rolls for breakfast/brunch
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๐ Sunday dinner: spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino. Followed Rachel Roddy's guidance from 'Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome'.
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Good to eat outside in October. Spontaneous, quick barbecue fare but the result was delicious ๐
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๐ฅ Weather is so good, have decided to BBQ in the garden.
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Pizza. Olives, capers and green chilli ๐
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Lebanese wine with our pizza tonight ๐ ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ง
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Yesterday at Abergavenny Food Festival
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Iโve been stirring polenta for nearly 40 minutes. My arm is aching.
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Beyond burgers and mushrooms ๐๐
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Lunch at Junjira Thai Restaurant
Today we decided it was about time we had lunch at the tiny Thai restaurant in our local market hall
The food is prepared in the small kitchen right in front of the four customer tables
Studying the menu board
Dishes from front to back - Prawn Pad Thai, Tofu Pad Siew and Tofu Pad Mama, accompanied by Thai prawn crackers and spring rolls
Everything was really delicious - but a special mention goes to the Pad Thai, which was fantastic ๐๐
I’m certain we will be eating there again.
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Greek Village Salad โ Horiatiki Salata
Looks like today is going to be the last hot day of our current spell of good weather. Cooler with rain tomorrow and Tuesday. So taking the chance to continue a week of al fresco dining in the garden ๐
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Late lunch in the bar ๐บ
Anchovies ๐
Games ๐ฒ
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Okra fries!
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Marmite or Dynamite ๐งจ
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Bank holidays. Yesterday was small barbecue day, today is pizza day.
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Finished reading: Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan’s Food Culture by Matt Goulding ๐
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Keeping it simple ๐
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Check in ๐บ โ The Harbourside Refuge, Porthleven. Great fish dishes. ๐
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Spent a long time preparing sushi maki with my daughter last night. Fillings of shiitake, smoked tofu, avocado, sweet potato and smoked salmon. Delicious but we still havenโt got the sizes quite right; they tend to turn out a little on the large side.
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Saturday pizza ๐
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Not a satisfactory solution. Also trying to make pizza at the same time ๐ ๐ ๐
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The Great British Bake Off. Usually bread week is my favourite, but tonightโs pastry week is great! ๐บ
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Cooked with tempeh for the first time tonight - it made a very good noodle dish ๐
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Sri Lankan street food and drink at The Coconut Tree in Cardiff last night. If I hadn’t committed myself to shooting only in black and white in September it would have been very colourful…
A Rio Rumble cocktail
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Check in ๐บ โ Coconut Tree. Sri Lankan street food. And more rum cocktails ๐ธ
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Wood firing pizza tonight ๐ ๐
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Lenten Spaghetti with Tahini.
A success!
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Friday night dinner recipe from Vefaโs Kitchen:
Lenten Spaghetti with Tahini
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Purezza Bristol, vegan pizzeria. Seaspiracy pizza ๐
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Check in ๐บ โ Purezza Bristol, vegan pizzeria. ๐
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Pizza sequence. Trying out the pizza oven in wood fired mode for the first time. ๐
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Euro 2020 Final: England v Italy โฝ๏ธ
Pre-match feasting ๐
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Check in ๐บ โ Sunday lunch at the Bunch of Grapes again ๐ ๐บ
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Food at Citta is so good, and all prepared in a tiny open kitchen. Have missed coming here ๐
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Tapas at Bar 44, Cardiff.
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A Brazilian stew ๐ฒ
I don’t usually make a record of improvised recipes I cook but this turned out particularly well and I’d like to be able to repeat it. If I’d planned this properly I’d also have taken a photo of the finished dish ๐.
I was attempting a vegan version of a Brazilian feijoada, loosely inspired by Jamie Oliver’s Smoky veggie feijoada.
Ingredients
500g dried Brazilian carioca beans (or pinto)
1 kg (~12) medium/large carrots
12 vegan sausages2 red onions 4 cloves garlic 5 sticks celery
1 or 2 red/yellow peppers
1 large courgette
700g passata
1/4 bottle red wine8-10 fresh bay leaves
cinnamon stick
2 tsp ground coriander
2 tsp smoked paprika (plus extra for roasting the carrots)
fresh and/or dried thyme
fresh corianderMethod
Soak the beans overnight then rinse and put in a large pan with plenty of water, 4 or 5 bay leaves and a cinnamon stick. Bring to the boil, boil vigorously for 10 minutes then simmer for about 50 minutes until beans are tender but slightly firm. Do not overcook. Drain and set aside, reserving some of the stock. Discard the bay and cinnamon.
Wash the carrots and trim the tops off - do not peel. Place on a flat roasting tray (or 2 if necessary!). Sprinkle with smoked paprika and season generously with salt and pepper. Drizzle with olive oil then rub in the oil/paprika mix to coat the carrots completely.
Roast the carrots for about an hour in a 180ยฐC oven. They should be slightly browned and, again, tender but still firm. For the last 20-25 minutes of the cooking add the sausages to the tray, also making sure they get coated with the seasoned oil.
Allow to cool then cut the each sausage into 3 equal sized pieces. Cut the carrots into equivalent lengths.
In a large lidded casserole dish heat some olive oil, add 4 or 5 bay leaves then gently fry the onion, garlic, celery and peppers (all chopped fairly coarsely) until tender. Add the ground coriander and smoked paprika, fry for a couple of minutes more then add the passata, red wine and thyme. Bring to a simmer for about โฆ
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Squid ink linguine with grilled octopus. Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd.
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Persian inspired vegan mezze at Koocha, Gloucester Road, Bristol. Delicious!
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Barbecued vegetables, pitta breads, hummus, taramasalata and sriracha sauce. Enjoying the good weather today because the forecast for tomorrow and Friday is heavy rain and strong winds.
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Planning a paella de verduras
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I find myself eating ๐ for the first time in years.
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Monotone - green olives, jalapeรฑos and capers ๐
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Yet again, Saturday night is pizza construction time ๐
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This was delicious! ๐
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The Jalapeรฑo Popper Vegan Grilled Cheese (jalapeรฑos, pickled chillis, chilli jam and vegan cheese in a toasted sandwich) from JOL’s Food Truck yesterday was absolutely delicious. Accompanied by fantastic Triple Cooked Chips. If the Truck is in your area don’t miss it!
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Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: compassion โ I prepared a Valentine’s Day vegetarian cooked breakfast for us this morning to cure the effects of a slight excess of wine last night. ๐ฅฐ ๐ท
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Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: layers โ Rome, 2018 ๐ท
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Baking some homemade burger buns for later today ๐ ๐
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There’s no need to peel ginger | Waste not ๐
I used to peel my ginger badly, trimming off chunks of skin until I was left with a hexagonal prism and throwing a good third of the original unpeeled knob in the bin.
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Doorstep Flame Grilling Beyond Burgers ๐. Getting my first BBQ of the year in early.
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Running a little late, but finally starting to cook our Xmas Dinner.
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Check in ๐บ โ Bunch of Grapes. Bilidowcar Single Hop from Tenby Harbwr Brewery. Pan fried hake. ๐บ ๐
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Check in ๐บ โ Barker Coffee. Cappuccino and smoked salmon, cream cheese and rocket bagel. Great idea to add the rocket to this classic! ๐ฅฏ โ๏ธ
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Chocolate truffles and sherry.
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Tapas at Bar 44 in Cardiff.
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Check in ๐บ โ The Gwaelod y Garth Inn . Sunday lunch. Hereford Pale Ale ๐บ
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Earlier fears were well founded. Difficult to get above 250ยฐC with the wood we had available. Tried a couple of wood fired pizzas but now switched to gas for higher temperatures. ๐
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Trying our pizza oven with its wood burner for the first time. Itโs brilliant when gas fired but Iโm not convinced by the size of the wood burner. Weโll see… ๐
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Whitebait, mackerel with black garlic braised lentils and a coffee crรจme brรปlรฉe - a brilliant Sunday lunch at the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd today. Accompanied by a few pints of a Salopian Brewery New England IPA. ๐บ ๐
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What has been made into a commodity cannot easily be brought back to being a luxury. Thatโs the luxury trap. And itโs not the first time weโve fallen for it.
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For my second night of cooking Meera Sodha recipes Iโve gone for vegan chilli cornbread with broccoli. And baked black-eyed beans.
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Cooking Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi. And sticky jasmine rice.
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Every time I read Meera Sodha’s column in The Guardian I find things I must cook. My latest quick reminder list:
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A Pizza Express Neptune Pizza ๐ โ Excerpt: I’m sure Pizza Express won’t mind my singing their praises. I watch my cheese intake, so despite my liking a nice chunk of Cheshire, I very rarely have any. I also like a pizza but again don’t have too many.
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Bakewell Tart. โ๏ธ
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Delicious breakfast this morning, bookmarked for cooking again - ๐ Vegan Mushroom Bacon Breakfast Toast
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Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 28: Emotions โ Overexcitement ๐ท
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Italy in a bowl: 10 simple, delicious summer pasta recipes โ chosen by chefs ๐ โ Excerpt: Pasta with pesto alla Genovese is definitely a favourite dish of mine. I really enjoy the simplicity of using just a few ingredients but it is still so tasty and has a deep flavour.
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Lunch ๐
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Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 24: Frosty โ Cool chillies ๐ถ ๐ท
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Paella de verduras ๐ฅ
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How to make the most of past-their-best aubergines โ recipe ๐ โ Excerpt: India is a country thatโs close to my heart, and I feel fortunate to have been able to spend more than a year of my life there, travelling, surfing, learning yoga, meditating and, most recently, fundraising for the charity Action Against Hunger.
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Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd
Went to the Bunch of Grapes in Pontypridd for a meal last night - pubs and restaurants in Wales were allowed to open for indoor dining from Monday this week. Our first meal out near home in Wales since the beginning of March.
The food was really good, especially the Roasted Cod Loin, so I can’t resist posting some details. ๐
Menu Board
Sweetcorn Soup - Charred sweetcorn, butterbean and radicchio soup, garlic and rosemary sourdough crouton
Pan Fried Cockles - Pan fried cockles, leeks and laverbread on fried sourdough bread, charred lemon
Beetroot Pie - Beetroot, mushroom, black bean and spinach pie, sautรฉed garlic greens and roasted red onions
Roasted Cod Loin - Ancho chilli roasted cod loin, sautรฉed mussels, cockles, laverbread and saffron, roasted fennel mash
Grapes in the Bunch
To accompany the meal I had my first proper cask beers since March - two from Salopian Brewery, a pint of Shropshire Gold bitter and a pint of Dewdrops New England IPA. ๐บ
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Casa do Frangoโs Portuguese summer spread โ recipes ๐ โ Excerpt: Chargrilled spicy cauliflower with coriander yoghurt.
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A waste-free Middle Eastern runner bean meze recipe ๐ โ Excerpt: At 14, I worked on a pig farm for ยฃ1.50 an hour. Although my main role was mucking out the pig pens, Iโd also tend to the farmerโs crops of potatoes, pumpkins and runner beans. The quantity of beans, in particular, that we harvested each season seemed almost magical.
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Saturday night pizza ๐
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Basil and wine - in the midst of making pizza ๐ ๐ท
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Goan Fish Curry with Fragrant Rice ๐ โ Excerpt: Method Prep time: 10 min Cooking time: 30 min Step 1 Put a saucepan with 500ml of salted water on to boil. Wash the rice in a sieve under cold running water. Lightly crush the cardamom pods, just enough to reveal the seeds.
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Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Sri Lankan cucumber cashew curry ๐ โ Excerpt: Itโs possible that I could count on my fingers and toes how many Brits have cooked a cucumber before.
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Tried making sushi for the first time today - avocado and cucumber rolls.
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Linguine with carrot top pesto ๐ฅ
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Vegetables: Riverford Organic Farmers ๐ฑ
Using my submission to this week’s Flickr FlickrFriday theme #Vegetables in praise of Riverford Organic Farmers. Photo is of our vegetable box delivered at 6:30am this morning, as it is every Monday. We’ve been Riverford customers for over 10 years but their deliveries during the current COVID-19 lockdown have been invaluable. They have maintained high quality service and continued to provide excellent produce throughout this period.
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for piadina flatbread ๐ โ Excerpt: No 17 on my plan of things to do when things change: take the 7.25am train from Roma Termini to Ravenna, walk out of the station in search of the first place that will serve me a piadina romagnola, then eat the warm fold as I walk towards Piazza Del Popolo. Until then, I will make them at home.
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Easy as 1,2,3: chefs on the 50 most simple, delicious three-ingredient recipes ๐ โ Excerpt: Most easy recipes are not easy. Achieving simplicity is never actually that simple, but in the kitchen it is usually also contingent on a well-trained hand and a very well-stocked pantry. This makes the genuinely easy three-ingredient recipe a holy grail of sorts.
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Chard dressed with lemon and Parmesan ๐ โ Excerpt: Method Prep time: 15 min Cooking time: 10 min The leaves and stalks generally need to be cooked separately, so to prepare, wash the chard thoroughly and strip the leaves away from the stalks. Slice the stalks into ยฝ cm long pieces.
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Kimchi Miso Hotpot
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In the process of cooking a Kimchi Miso Hotpot from Tim Andersonโs Vegan Japaneasy
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Cooked pizzas. Scary daughter included! ๐
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Saturday night pizzas about to go into the oven ๐
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Just received Tim Andersonโs Vegan JapanEasy in todayโs post. Still awaiting delivery of some required ingredients though… ๐
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Made a loaf using khorasan flour for the first time. Rise was a bit peculiar but I really like the taste and texture.
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Anna Jonesโ squash and crispy kale pizza recipe ๐ โ Excerpt: Pizza is a big part of my life. Itโs both my and my four-year-oldโs favourite food, so a lot of our meals revolve around it, and happily so. We are lucky enough to live in a part of London where there are good sourdough pizza places every 10 steps. In pizza terms, we are spoilt rotten.
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Whipped feta, potato stew: Anna Jonesโ recipes from Greece ๐ โ Excerpt: One of the things I need to remedy is is not having spent enough time in Greece. Iโve been there only twice (both times to the islands), but I find myself daydreaming about being there more than any other place. I think thatโs why I cook so much Greek food.
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Cooked Rachel Roddyโs recipe for fried potatoes and eggs for Sunday brunch. Very comforting! Had to use a wok because I didnโt have a lidded frying pan with enough room for nearly 1.5kg of potatoes.
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Nant Ddu Hotel and Spa. Check in ๐บ - katsu cauliflower curry.
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Delico Deli. Check in ๐บ - vegan steak bake and espresso โ๏ธ
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Lezzet. Fantastic Turkish restaurant!. Check in ๐บ
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How to make the perfect broccoli and stilton soup ๐ โ Excerpt: So entrenched is broccoli and stilton in my canon of classic soups โ well up there with the likes of tomato, minestrone and chicken broth โ that Iโm slightly taken aback not to find it in Lindsey Barehamโs comprehensive collection A Celebration of Soup, or indeed in any of the other books I
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Meera Sodhaโs Christmas recipe for vegan achari brussels sprout curry โ link ๐
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Lezzet. New discovery in Cardiff - a great Turkish restaurant.
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Duly delivered.
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Fantastic tapas and wine at Curado Bar, Cardiff, including Cabrales, my favourite blue cheese, and carpaccio de bacalao ahumado.
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Curado Bar. Brilliant tapas.
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Been shopping - now fully equipped for Xmas cake making this weekend. Apprehensive because last time I tried this the cake was terrible and ended up in the bin. But that was about 25 years ago…
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Bar 44. Still my favourite place to eat in Cardiff.
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4000 year old Babylonian stews from cuneiform tablets โ link ๐
A short video of the attempt to recreate them is on YouTube.
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Making sourdough starters using Paul Hollywoodโs method. Very active even in our relatively cool kitchen.
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Bayside Brasserie.
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How to make cinnamon buns โ link ๐
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Rachel Roddyโs recipe for potato, onion and tomato gratin โ link ๐
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Rachel Roddyโs recipe for Bolognese rice cake โ link ๐
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Yotam Ottolenghiโs recipes for butternut squash โ link ๐
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First time trying a selection of vegan cheeses.
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ASK Italian.
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Bar 44. Tapas
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Delico Deli. Spanish quiche and latte โ๏ธ
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Chips, cheese and gravy - Puckinโ Poutine.
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Sea bream and sea bass with the broccoli, of course!
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Barbecuing some broccoli - results as yet uncertain …
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Porto Lounge. โBeyond Cheeseโ burger (vegan), tapas and Malbec ๐ท
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Spiced Apple Chutney production
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Our final evening in Skiathos - meal at BU on the Bourtzi of Skiathos. Possibly the best grilled halloumi Iโve ever had!
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Kalamari at Mikros Vasilias beach cafe
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Vegetarian whitebait?
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Increasing my limited space holiday cooking repertoire - โpizzaโ made in a frying pan using pitas, fresh tomatoes, cheese, olive oil and oregano ๐
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Location check in ๐บ โ ฮฮฑฯฮฑฯฮฟฯฮปฮฑฯฯฮตฮฏฮฟ “ฮคฮฟ ฮ ฯฯฯฮฟ”. Kataifi and baklava
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woodfired pizza & kitchen.
๐ Zoom in
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๐ A couple of simple tofu ideas I may try this weekend, both from BBC Food:
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Weโve had this portable barbecue for 25 years now - it has served us well.
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Checked in at The Hardwick. Sunday lunch.
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๐ Cooking Sunday roast causes indoor pollution โworse than Delhiโ
During the day of cooking, PM2.5 levels in the house rose to 200 micrograms per cubic metre for one hour, more than the 143 micrograms per cubic metre averaged in Delhi, the sixth most polluted city in the world, and far higher than the central London average of 15 micrograms per cubic metre.
[…] The levels breached World Health Organization guidelines of 10 micrograms per cubic metre for eight-and-a-half-hours. The simple act of making toast sent PM2.5 levels up to 30 micrograms per cubic metre.
While gas flames and charred food churned out fine soot particles, others came from animal fat, cooking oils, and grime in the oven and and on pots and pans used in making the meal. Still more came from tiny particles of skin that the cooks and their guests shed from their clothes.
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Milk!
... a strange battle has emerged, between an industry trying to replace something it says we donโt need in the first place, and dairy, a business that for a century sold itself as the foundation of a healthy diet, while ignoring the fact that most of the world does just fine without it.
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๐ Recipe to try: Rachel Roddyโs rocket, leek and potato soup
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Checked in at Ai Barbacani
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Checked in at Wahaca
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๐ The new rules of Christmas dinner: donโt ask for Yorkshire puddings and always wear a party hat
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๐ Anna Jonesโ vegetarian Christmas squash and chestnut tart recipe
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Alone for my evening meal tonight, so I cooked moules mariniรจre.
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Checked in at Ask
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๐ Why the ultimate breakfast of champions might just be wine and cheese
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In a tapas bar with four drinks on the go at the same time โ next weโre heading to see Echo and the Bunnymen ๐ต
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Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas.
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Checked in at Gino D’acampo My Pizza & Prosecco Bar
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Cooked rakott kelkรกposzta โ Hungarian layered savoy cabbage casserole โ last night, using Quorn mince in place of the meat, adding a few chopped mushrooms and chopped roasted carrots and using some smoked paprika in addition to the sweet. I’m not usually a huge fan of Quorn, but it did work very well in this recipe.
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Cooked with cime di rapa for the first time last night โ spaghetti with cime di rapa, garlic, chilli, lemon and parsley, topped with parmesan โ a very simple, tasty meal.
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Olive and anchovy ๐
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Checked in at El Greco. Third time in El Greco, Alykes in a fortnight. Great food!
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Checked in at Kaki Rahi Taverna
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๐ฅ ๐ฅช action!
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Checked in at Paolos Corner
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Checked in at Taverna Zorbas
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Checked in at Al Fresco
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Some limited space cooking โ tomato, cheese and oregano omelectte and garlic/tomato bread.
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A couple of excellent grilled sea bass earlier this evening.
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Indulging
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Reducing a tomato glut ๐
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I have got to try and make this โ Manousheh: the Lebanese breakfast pizza that stole my heart
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Lovely sunny breakfast this morning - going to be another hot weekend I think ๐
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Variation from The Green Roasting Tin โ Courgette, Beetroot, Onion and Goatโs Cheese Tart
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Checked in at Sergio’s. Italian!
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The Green Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer @missminifer arrived today โ Oven Baked Ratatouille cooked.
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Checked in at Wales Millennium Centre Bar. Bean burger ๐ & Malbec ๐ท
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Cooking sea bream on a bucket. Donโt think the bush is happy that I keep barbecuing in this spot.
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Avoiding meat and dairy is โsingle biggest wayโ to reduce your impact on Earth
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Is Japanese knotweed driving you wild? Don’t curse it โ cook it. I never imagined this was edible, we’ve got major invasions of it around us!
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Beer - Otley O2 Croeso - and chickpea, coriander & chilli burger at The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd.
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Checked in at JOL’s. Sunday lunch.
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Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas.
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Cooking!
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Checked in at Brewhouse & Kitchen. Serenโs 17th birthday.
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Checked in at Ask
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I used to enjoy a Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewell. Not so sure I will now โ What is Britain eating?
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Checked in at Coast just outside Saundersfoot. Brilliant food is an understatement. Exceptional!
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Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd for great food and even better beers.
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Another snow day means time to bake some scones (and Scottish shortbread biscuits, and a rosemary and garlic bread)!
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Tonight I will definitely be getting my greens!
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Pizza ready to go!
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Pizza ๐ entering the oven.
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Fava and aubergine salad at Cafรฉ Avissinia.
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Watching Hairy Bikers' Mediterranean Adventure Episode 6/6 Mainland Spain. Some great looking food, especially the tapas, plus some flamenco. How have I missed the rest of this series - going to have to download! ๐บ
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Japanese, Indian, Middle Eastern, North African and Italian ingredients from Sous Chef - let the cooking commence!
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Checked in at Cafe Citta. Cardiff, linguine & wine ๐ท
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My kitchen bookcase is getting a little overcrowded. ๐
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Sea bass grilled, served with a borlotti bean and mushroom stew and broccoli stir fried with chilli and garlic.
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Not quite the weather for a BBQ, but planning to charcoal grill some sea bass on our balcony. May end in disaster!
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Checked in at Chicco di Grano. Final lunch in Rome. Seren having spaghetti al pomodoro again…
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Checked in at Taverna Volpetti. Pasta.
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Checked in at Trattoria Al 19. Brilliant meal!
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Checked in at Antica Enoteca. Pizza & wine.
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Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). New Yearโs Eve curry.
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Checked in at Foelcwan Farm. Xmas Dinner.
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Checked in at Davidโs Italian Restaurant
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Many years ago I used to cook Sarah Brown’s Red Dragon Pie from her Vegetarian Kitchen book. I will probably be trying out this Proper Vegetarian Fiery Chilli Welsh Red Dragon Pie version on Sunday.
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Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn. Sunday Lunch.
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Checked in at Cafe Citta. Italian lunch before going to Wales-South Africa at the Principality Stadium.
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Checked in at Mackenzies. Tapas, beer, wine.
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๐ Ramen noodles with fresh greens and chilli miso www.theguardian.com
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Checked in at Mamma Mia. Italian Sunday lunch in Swansea.
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๐ Instant gratification and total convenience and delivery โ How the sandwich consumed Britain
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Sri Lankan cooking tonight
I recently bought this book
‘Hidden Kitchens of Sri Lanka’ by Bree Hutchins - from our local library (stock reduction). It’s an interesting and well photographed travel journal of a trip around Sri Lanka in addition to a multitude of recipes picked up along the way. Tonight I cooked from it for the first time - Boiled Egg Curry, Spinach with Dhal and Fried Cabbage -
The results were superb; gently spiced but extremely tasty. A lucky random find that I can highly recommend!
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Pizza time ๐
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๐ Keeping in mind for Xmas โ Joe Trivelliโs Italian Christmas recipes
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Queso de Cabrales - a brilliant blue cheese!
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Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas. One of the best places to eat in Cardiff!
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Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Five-bean chilli and a pint of Spitfire.
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Cafรฉ Cittรก, Cardiff - superb home-cooked Italian meal, already booked again for Wales-RSA rugby ๐ in December
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October, but great weather, so Iโm barbecuing a mackerel
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… and I still base my nut roast on a recipe in my 30+ year old Cranks recipe book. Canโt be beaten!
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The best dried oregano ๐ฟ Iโve ever found!
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Cooked these tonight โ Aloo Paratha (Indian Potato Stuffed Flatbread) โ Delicious!
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Tapas at Bar 44
Another delicious tapas meal at Bar 44 in Cardiff last night. Their Cabrales blue cheese was a revelation!
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๐Bookmarking โ A nice bit of squirrel: should we chow down a diet of invasive species?
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BBQ Toolbox - It’s a barbecue … in a toolbox - from @whatsamadder on Twitter, always a Wednesday pleasure!
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Tapas time…
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Third night of delicious food in Skiathos - grilled sea bass
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Greece needs bigger tables (or maybe we should order less food) …
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BBQ imminent …
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Prompt delivery from Sous Chef @SousChefTweet - in time for some weekend cooking :)
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Sunday Sourdough
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Tapas at the Rhoswenallt Inn tonight!
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Sun-drying tomatoes in Ravello
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First pizza in Italy! http://t.co/isACPBrrT5
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Mountains of tapas and mojitos this afternoon…now at Urban Tap House. http://t.co/rPMi7XKBzj
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Tapas night at the Rhoswenallt Inn next Tuesday - we’ll be there!
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Quails' eggs #2
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Quails' eggs
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Tapas #food (@ La Cha Cha) http://t.co/NwmiZCw2Ge
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Pizza - again! (at @PizzaExpress) http://t.co/Hz0yJ80Sko
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Eating pizza (at @PizzaExpress) http://t.co/Op26pD7tdL
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Abergavenny Food Festival
Buying Welsh Cakes!
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Vietnamese Summer Roll
Vietnamese tofu summer roll at the Abergavenny Food Festival
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Whitebait, fried courgettes, dips #foodphoto http://t.co/3rxdcre5ys
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I’ve just ordered lots of strangely named Domino’s Pizzas from the Aberdare store. Mmmm.
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Fire, Pizza, Quirky Bird and … The Lost Boys …
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Benson the foot warmer in action. Amazing what a crust of pizza will buy you! http://t.co/s0b5sPEz5U
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I don’t make many cakes but second time for this one in 2 weeks - Spiced Olive Oil Cake - http://t.co/qdbmCxoa - great! http://t.co/atBUls7e
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In Revolucion de Cuba for tapas prior to wine tasting @NakedWines in Cardiff #nakedtour2012
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Rules to live by #4284 - How to eat: pizza http://t.co/D9pyfcyj via @guardian
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@valleyboi1 Cheers - having another good dose of tapas and watching Bayern Munich-Real Madrid…Spanish viewers not happy so far…
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Some of the best tapas we’ve ever eaten - El Capitain, Caleta de Fuste http://t.co/qogg8Wrc
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Rugby done, tapas underway, dance next… http://t.co/8QuB4rAd
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Great delivery this morning - Wild Meat Company and @NakedWines, perfect partners! http://t.co/BRRKT4mH
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@serenalys Ballet, Pizza Hut, Strictly
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Tapas in Cardiff http://t.co/CnXWHzW
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Making myself an anchovy, olive and jalapeno pizza to counteract two days of scrounging bland hospital food :)
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Romcom, pizza and wine tonight…girls' night in plus me…
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Neptune 1965, pizza without cheese take 2 ! http://lockerz.com/s/106450284
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Pizza from 1965 apparently - tuna, anchovies, capers, olives, onion, parsley, a squeeze of lemon & NO cheese.. http://lockerz.com/s/98683112
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Pizza Express, Cardiff Bay. http://lockerz.com/s/98674523
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Fire lit, dough for homemade pizzas proving, wine breathing, set for an ideal evening - if it wasn’t for #scd and #xfactor…
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Tapas in Cardiff, after a quick visit to the Apple store :) http://plixi.com/p/49598805
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http://twitpic.com/1ifm2z - 2 bbqs in 2 days! Some of it in rain today tho'!
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Top pizza topping - anchovies, capers & black olives :)
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http://twitpic.com/16kvq4 - First cake I’ve baked in years - made with help of Seren for Denise’s birthday! Carrot cake, in case you’re wondering.
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Virginity auction, Mel Gibson swearing, shark kill, psychic cat, head in pizza oven - Bizarre top 5 most viewed at Telegraph online today
