Eating local with the Food Assembly

Eating local with the Food Assembly - tastes of carolina

A trip to the local pub yesterday showed me the amazing potential of the food industry and how many people are choosing careers in this sector, with an increasing number of small producers and companies being setup. Eating local is the philosophy at the heart of the Food Assembly, an initiative born out of the…

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Pumpkin farinata and baccalà salt fish

Pumpkin farinata and baccalà salt fish in parsley and tomato sauce - Tastes of Carolina

On Monday night I cooked a mini feast: we had many evenings planned this week so that was my only chance to get loose in the kitchen. Also, on Saturday we went to Borough Market and while browsing in the fabulous Brindisa deli, I could not resist the temptation to buy a piece of salt…

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A beautiful game night

Last night a sleep deprived chef made me fall in love with game all over again. After some shaky experiences with too pungent meats, I was slightly ambivalent about eating it. But the accomplished cooking of Toto at the Italian Supper Club reignited my passion for wild meats, birds in particular. Toto, who became a father…

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