Posts by Carolina Stupino
Pasta with Chloe the crab, artichoke and saffron
This dish came out of a hitch. I set out to make agnolotti with some lovely artichokes I brought back from Italy and a small crab I got, live, from the local Food Assembly, an initiative that brings together local producers and sells their fare at a local pub every week. I named the little…
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…Back home to a historical restaurant and a few genuine pleasures…. I’ve been through some kind of personal turmoil since coming back from Thailand and needed to leave London to see my family and catch up with old friends. I missed the feeling of certainty of seeing long known faces, the confidence of walking through…
Read MoreThailand mon amour
I spent most of January away in Thailand, with two of my girlfriends from work. I’ve had an unforgettable time and I can only try to give you some impressions of the wonderful places and amazing food we had. It all started with the dizzying chaos of Bangkok’s underbelly, Khaosan Road, with its impromptu bars…
Read MoreFab Thai cooking class…yum!
Today I’ve had an unforgettable experience, one I am temped to repeat, wherever possible, in every country I will visit in the future. Since leaving London for Thailand, I was determined to learn how to cook authentic Thai food. And in Koh Tao, under the attentive eye of Joey at the Koh Tao Thai Cooking…
Read MoreFrom the smokehouse round the corner….
From the smokehouse round the corner…. Over this Christmas I filled up on amazing salmon. It was as local as it could get, with the Hansen & Lydersen smokehouse just a few hundred meters from my home. The salmon itself comes from a family run fish farm in Norway, and is farmed in the most…
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