Monday, October 19, 2015

The chicken and the egg: Oyako don

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This is a popular Japanese street food and a great comfort food. “Don” is a short version of donburi in Japanese, which is a rice bowl dis...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Season's eatings: carambola cake

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I have a friend with a house in the sprawling hills behind Byron Bay. In her orchard she has a star fruit (otherwise known as a carambola)...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Nigel Slater’s chickpea and nectarine couscous recipe

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The recipe Peel and dice 1 red onion and put it into a small bowl with 3 tbsps of red-wine vinegar. Set aside for 30 minutes for the onio...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Nigel Slater’s salmon with herb butter and bacon recipe

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Fishing around: Nigel Slater’s salmon with herb butter and bacon recipe. Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin for the Observer The recipe Slight...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Tomato and cucumber raita

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Yotam Ottolenghi’s tomato and cucumber raita: goes brilliantly with all sorts, from simple breads and rice to grilled meat. Photograph: L...
Sunday, July 5, 2015

How to make chocolate, chilli and chestnut cake – recipe

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 Photograph: Krause Johansen Chilli and chocolate have become a well-loved combination. Thoroughly pureed chestnuts add a subtle sweet f...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Madame Ambassador, with our tea and biscuits, we really are not spoiling you

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S ylvie-Agnès Bermann must be beginning to wonder why she bothers talking to people from Britain’s opposition parties. Mme Bermann is, yo...