January 2010
3 posts
Mac n Cheese
My online life appears to have been consumed by references to macaroni cheese for the past few weeks. Why, you may ask? Well, the primary reason is the challenge thrown down by Fiona Beckett on her blog (http://bit.ly/60IF4l) to find the ultimate mac n cheese. Now, I wasn’t intending to enter this competition (I have a big fear of anything that involves competition in the kitchen), but...
Tian Shui Mian
One blog that I love to read is Cooking the Books http://bit.ly/6fKqPk. Whilst it’s not the most frequently updated blog, Josh’s love for, and curiosity about Chinese and other Asian cuisine is infectious. I have also spent the past few months enviously reading his accounts of his culinary voyages across South East Asia and China.
A recent post focused on a recipe for Tian Shui...
Sichuan tea-smoked duck legs - don't try this at...
This little kitchen adventure is a tricky one to blog. I mean, yes, these duck legs turned out to be very tasty indeed. But, but. Was it really worth the pain to my eyes, nose and throat? Was it worth the respiratory assault akin to something involving mustard gas? Was it really worth enduring the lingering rancid smell of tea smoke in the flat for a week after? Hmm, the jury is out on...