Posts Tagged ‘food’
There’s a revolutionary behind every home cook
Since the 90’s I have been protesting against the inequalities of global capitalism and marching against climate change. Now I am increasingly finding peace in the kitchen, chopping vegetables and creating new recipes. Am I growing old and enjoying the simplicity of home life, leaving my socially subversive days behind? Quite the contrary. As I…
Read MoreHow Bompas & Parr imagined a British Museum of Food
They set a steamship in 55,000 litres of lime jelly, cooked a barbecue on lava and sent a bag of coffee beans to space and back. But for me Bompas & Parr will forever be the pair that got a few thousands people, me included, pummelled and squeezed rather hard by a full-body and quite menacing-looking…
Read MoreSlow food vs comfort food
A Piedmontese version of the empanada with a rabbit and mushroom filling, countless experiments with fresh pasta, including one for ‘uovo in raviolo’, gin-cured halibut and a quick and easy version of the bakewell tart with caledonian cream: these and many more were the foods I couldn’t wait to try in my kitchen on my return…
Read MoreEmergency meal planning VS last minute creativity. And a case of missing prawns.
Having a broken foot made me realise the importance of proper meal planning and its difference with creating meals out of what’s in stock. I’m relying more than ever on my Abel & Cole weekly delivery and I find myself going over the order again and again, thinking about our week’s schedule and possible meal…
Read MoreSo this was my summer….
Very little time, a faulty iPad, tragedy in my kitchen and a broken foot: these are my excuses for nearly four months of amazing adventures but deafening silence, in which I kept on posting on Instagram and Twitter, but without updating my blog. So what happened? In…
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