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Flipping Good Pancakes PDF Print E-mail
Cooking Craft and Tips

Dressed up and rolled around an ambrosial filling like a cigar - or dressed down with a simple dash of lemon juice and sugar - the pancakes that we traditionally eat on Shrove Tuesday go with a multitude of different fillings. Try them with a combination of fish and shellfish - gruyere cheese and ham - or caramelised apples or pears

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Athur Baer quote about garlic PDF Print E-mail
Food Jokes & Quotes

There is no such thing as a little garlic.

Athur Baer

 
What does the Term Organic Really Mean? PDF Print E-mail
Food & Health

Organic agriculture is most often defined by what it isn't: no artificial fertilisers - no pesticides etc. Although this is true it misses the real heart of the matter. The principals of organic systems are designed to produce food of quality and quantity using practices which co-exist rather than dominate natural systems.

At its centre is an understanding of the direct link between the soil - plants - animals and people. Here in practical terms is where the real fundamental difference can be found. In organic practice the

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I will not eat oysters ... Woody Allen on food PDF Print E-mail
Food Jokes & Quotes

Woody Allen food quotes and jokesFood and drink related quotes and jokes from Woody Allen.

 

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Know Your Product PDF Print E-mail
Leftovers

I'm going to start collecting Useful Information From Supermarkets. 

Last week - when trudging dejectedly round the aisles - my blink rate dropping by the minute - wondering if they'd put the almond extract in the stationery department for a change - since it wasn't anywhere remotely nearly 'Home Baking' - I found myself back at the fresh fruit and vegetables and my gaze fell on a see-through packet of green beans.  There was a big red label on the bag that screamed Warning!

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Calvin Trillin on leftovers PDF Print E-mail
Food Jokes & Quotes

Food related quotes from Calvin Trillin.

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A Hundred Words for Snow PDF Print E-mail
Food Heritage

The Sami are the indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia, an area that covers parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola peninsula in Russia. Long before these countries created their borders, the Sami people roamed with the herds of wild reindeer. In Jutland county, which edges the arctic circle, the Laplanders or Sami peoples have lived for 2000-3000 years, perhaps even longer.

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On Fats PDF Print E-mail
Food & Health

Food pontiffs see the cuisines of the world as a continual provocation. A typical example is the Mediterranean diet, which doctors believe to be good for the heart. What a shame that it includes almost everything that the most intransigent health gurus attempt to exclude from their clients' eating habits. A couple of glasses of Pastis or Ouzo as an aperitif, followed by the first course: instead of a bowl of raw salad, an onion soup, possibly topped with high cholesterol cheese au gratin.

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Never eat more than ... Miss Piggy on food PDF Print E-mail
Food Jokes & Quotes

Miss Piggy food quootes and jokesFood related quotes from Miss Piggy.

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Beeton and Stirred PDF Print E-mail
Leftovers

I am enjoying an unexpected treat today.  Laid up with something so unglamorous I am not prepared to discuss it - other than to say it involves hopping round the house with no shoes on going Ow - ow - ow - I have taken it upon myself to examine the contents of my cookery book shelf.

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