Just a quiet sort of weekend, which is a nice thing. It looks like spring out there, but it’s still very much winter in reality, and picnicking inclinations tend to be frozen by the reality of 7°C at lunchtime… Today,…
Category: Writing about cooking
Kitchen chemistry again…
I’m probably going to be fairly quiet on my blog this week, because I have my head down reading and learning about the chemistry of food on a molecular level. No, it isn’t molecular gastronomy, it’s a book called On…
Vegan Marshmallows – first attempt
Astute readers may have deduced from the title of this post that my first attempt at making marshmallows using agar instead of gelatine was less than successful. And they would be right. Boy, would they be right. About the only…
Leftovers
Am I the only one who gets excited about leftovers? Not eating them as they are, cold from the fridge, but their promise, their potential, that lovely sense of having lunch or dinner taken care of, or of having a…
Proof of concept?
It turns out that I can make marshmallows. It also transpires that I can make an unbelievable mess in the kitchen and emerge covered in a mixture of cornflour and icing sugar. This is not as tasty as it sounds.…
Living dangerously
Here’s the planned menu for tomorrow’s (actually, it’s now today’s) dinner. It’s vegan, gluten free, and free of a bunch of other bad-tempered fruits, vegetables and fruit-derived products (ie, no wine or vinegar) that make my guests unhappy. I’m taking…
Market Day!
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Basics that aren’t: Scones
This recipe doesn’t come with pictures, because the first thing you need to know about making scones is that the faster you make them, the better they taste. That means no stopping at every step to take the lens cap…
Midwinter
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For those who expressed concern earlier…
I am pleased to report that the sourdough lives. It was a bit sluggish this morning, though, so I gave it an extra feed of organic rye flour and bottled water after I removed the part I was going to…