We first had a good version of this dish in a hawker stand in Singapore and it blew my socks off (actually it was way too hot to be wearing socks but you get the idea). For me it is the perfect stewed beef, rich, spicy and totally addictive. Its history is Indonesian in origin …
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In the distant past when we lived in London, my Saturday morning reward after a weeks work would normally involve a tasty treat from the excellent Maison Blanc on Hampstead high street. The cafe, pictured below is sadly no longer there but my favourite menu item “tarte fine a la tomate” has stuck with me …
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Cooking chicken wings can be a little counter-intuitive. Normally when cooking chicken, particularly the breast meat, you are constantly trying to make sure you don’t overcook it and end up with a piece of rubber. Chicken wings however require you to to be a little brutal to get the best out of them. In this …
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I took out my running shoes today from a box they had been sitting snuggly in for 7 years. I hate running, but since cycling is banned, the swimming pool closed and walking more than 100m up is also out of the question, the boy is running out of options (pardon the pun..) I considered …
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We are all crying out for some serious comfort food right now and Dahl Makhani is the ulimate. For me I love it so much because I get to use the wonderful rich dairy of the region where we live in France with one of my favourite world cuisines. Our recipe is reasonably traditional, the …
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We first came across this delicious nutty spice mix in Australia where we used to eat it with fresh Turkish bread and lashings of local olive oil. For some reason or other I completely forgot about it when we moved to France until this week. Our chickens are giving us a very healthy supply of …
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We along with most of Europe are in total lockdown now. People are allowed out of the house only to go for a 1 hour walk (all other exercise is banned) or for essential food shopping. A walk has to be within 1km of the house and no more that 100m up or down! We …
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