Culinary travel – not exactly new
Imagine learning to cook, hot, spicy Indonesian food at 40 degrees centigrade. It happened to me in Manila, capital of the Philippines.
Alas, I’ve not been on an exotic vacation, just a trip down memory lane.
App solutely gluten free recipes?
New to gluten free cooking, I used Phil Vickery’s App to help me – how did I get on?
Seadogs: Absolutely the dog’s!
Looking for a hearty restaurant in Edinburgh, love fish? Seadogs should be on your list
Lussekatter – spice up with saffron
Something a little different for breakfast? Try making our recipe for Swedish saffron buns, known as Lussekatter
What’s in season – December
Gingerbread house – Who lives there?
The ultimate Christmas decoration to me isn’t a Christmas tree but a gingerbread house. I remember listening outside the kitchen as a child while my mother swore and burned herself on the caramel used to put the house together.
Anthony Bourdain: wild-child cooking and eating
When I’m not eating or writing, I’m likely to be reading. Recently, I decided to read not just about food but about cooking and eating. I started with Anthony Bourdain‘s Kitchen Confidential and so enjoyed it that I soon after read the sequel, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the…
I am disappointed, do you want to read about it?
Chinese cleaver – favourite gadget
Did I mention that it was my birthday? I did, didn’t I? Well, another of the great gifts I got was this great cleaver. A knife is a cook’s best friend and a good cleaver is brilliant for all your chopping and crushing needs. For many years I had a favourite…
Our cookbook wish list. What’s yours?
Introducing EdinburghFoody’s Christmas recipe book with list – with a lot of help from her friends.