Author Archives: Caroline von Schmalensee
Sodexo puts on a spread for Lunar new year. Happy new year!
We were standing at the Campbell Brother’s Fish stand, trying seafood salad, smoked mackerel and smoked salmon. Around us, people mingle and chat. Above us, brightly coloured lanterns glimmer. The smoked salmon, soft as butter and richly smoky, didn’t stop us from paying attention to the other produce on offer.…
Hush Hour at The Lucky Liquor Co.: reading with a good drink and quiet company
Amber Restaurant and Whisky Bar: tasting Scotland
Street food: the rise and pull of exotic fast foods
International whiskies – glorious drams with the Whisky Belle at SMWS
When the Scotch Malt Whisky Society asks me if I want to come and try whiskies, I say an enthusiastic yes. This time, the invitation was particularly intriguing: an international whiskies tasting. Two Japanese grains, two Japanese malts, an Irish whiskey and an American bourbon. To guide us, we had…
Mulled wine: infusing sugar and spice with the SousVide Supreme Demi
Over the last four months, I’ve experimented with the SousVide Supreme Demi, a compact sous vide for home use. We’ve used it to cook fish, vegetables, and fruit, to prepare potatoes to make very tasty gnocchi, to infuse vodka and make pumpkin custards. With Christmas just around the corner, my experiments…