July 12 As a working mother who cooks from scratch most nights I thought I was pretty fast at food prep, but the people on my table are putting me to shame. French-trimming my rack of lamb (removing all the fat and tissue from the upper ends of the bones) today takes me almost...
There is nothing quite like a gourmet sandwich, let alone a sandwich filled to the brim with delicious Christmas food – a perfect leftover dish, enjoy. • Followed by turkey & stuffing (and an optional slice of Swiss cheese) • Now on top of this place the un-battered slice and repeat. • Top with...
There is nothing quite like a gourmet sandwich, let alone a sandwich filled to the brim with delicious Christmas food – a perfect leftover dish, enjoy. • Followed by turkey & stuffing (and an optional slice of Swiss cheese) • Now on top of this place the un-battered slice and repeat. • Top with...
There is nothing quite like a gourmet sandwich, let alone a sandwich filled to the brim with delicious Christmas food – a perfect leftover dish, enjoy. • Followed by turkey & stuffing (and an optional slice of Swiss cheese) • Now on top of this place the un-battered slice and repeat. • Top with...
One tweeter admitted confusing the brandy butter base with the bread sauce. Easy enough to do: one creamy coloured mush looks very much like another. Apparently the brandied bread sauce wasn’t bad. And that’s the thing. We’ve all had heart-sinking moments in the kitchen, but there is very little that can’t be resolved with...
Let’s hear it for giblets. This is the time of year when eager cooks prepare to fill the cavernous interiors of turkeys with every delectable mix of stuffings. In some cases, what they may encounter when they first tackle the beast is a limp, plastic-wrapped assortment of giblets. Only the ignorant or lazy would...
We nibble on servings of crunchy pork crackling and nuggets of lamb scrumpet as Hix goes on, now enthusing about a resurgence of interest in less popular cuts of meat. Restaurants such as St John Bread and Wine in Spitalfields and nearby Brawn have shown Londoners have an appetite for ‘nose to tail’ eating,...
John Crace Illustration for the Guardian by Neal Fox Fifty years ago, health was seen as the absence of disease. In the 21st century, we understand a great deal more about the world we live in. So our first message is, don’t eat asbestos or cigarettes. Our second is that nutrition is still a...
