How to make fried rice
Want to turn a normally healthy food into something unhealthy and delicious, without having to go down to the local takeaway? Follow these instructions. Fried rice is super-tasty and really simple to...
View ArticleAmazing Malaysian
Malaysia is a cool country when it comes to culinary history. They have the Malay people, along with large minority populations of Indian and Chinese people. They also have colonial influences from the...
View ArticleKenwood stick blender review
Our arsenal of kitchen gadgets now contains a stick blender. Despite my reservations about the reliability of my stand mixer, we opted for Kenwood because of a mixer of price and better the devil you...
View ArticleIntroducing the Human Baby Cookbook
Unlock the secrets to cooking human baby with this beautifully presented new cookbook. Been tempted to try the other other white meat, but been confused by unclear instructions, endless barbeque sauce...
View ArticleThe 4-Hour Chef
Tim Ferriss is a super-star. Jeff Goins nailed it when he said that people didn’t love Tim Ferriss for the message he brings, but just because he’s such a cool person that you want to me like him....
View ArticleCanapes
A lot of my cooking revolves around main courses. It is easy to slip into this pattern: I only do a three-course meal once or twice per week. Therefore, a lot of the starter, lunch and dessert recipes...
View ArticleMaking food prettier
Since finally giving in and watching MasterChef, I’ve been busy trying to up my game. Poaching pears, for example. And trying to make everything I put on a plate look a little prettier. Results have...
View ArticleHoegaarden
It’s my first time cooking with Hoegaarden. It is producing some interesting colours.
View ArticleThe Real Greek
With a name like The Real Greek, you would expect Tonia Buxton’s cookbook to offer authentic recipes. Does it? Well, that depends on how accurate greek stereotypes are. Everything had feta cheese in...
View ArticleCoriander seeds
The Schartz herbs and spices bottles are better than the Sainsbury’s ones. They’re taller and thinner, meaning that you can fit more of them within the same shelf space. The labels on the top are also...
View ArticleCreamy sweet potato soup
Recently, I’ve been experimenting with soups a little. Nothing too exciting, but I have decided that rather than working from recipes, I’m just going to throw stuff into a pan and see if I can do it...
View ArticleSlow Cook Book
The Slow Cook Book is a cookbook by Heather Whinney. It contains hundreds of recipes and all of them come with instructions for how to do it in a slow cooker, or using a more traditional method. This...
View ArticleVegan cookbooks
I’ve been working through a few of Aine Carlin’s cookbooks that Sarann kindly lent me. They’re not doing it for me, to be honest. They’re not filled with recipes, and many of them just didn’t take my...
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