Monthly Archives: November 2010

Friendly friands

I am most definitely in baking mode at the moment.  First it was a chocolate and Guinness cake.  Then it was a fudgy chocolate cake that didn’t rise and ended up looking like a brown frisbee (and it flew like … Continue reading

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Hot and numbing dried beef

Another Sichuan dish, and I make no apologies for that. This is one of my favourite things to order when I go for Sichuan food.  Think a much more tender, flavourful version of beef jerky or biltong.  It is scarily … Continue reading

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Cauliflower and almond soup

I have a love/hate relationship with soup.  I often get bursts of wanting something warming, soothing and easy to eat.  However, I can’t say I’m a lover of soup (save for noodle soup – another matter entirely).  The amount of … Continue reading

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A steamy way with aubergines

Chinese cooking techniques and flavours + aubergines = maximum tastiness.  Fish fragrant aubergines are a particular example of this simple equation.  Intensely savoury flavours coupled with the melting tenderness of well cooked aubergine flesh.  Until now, I’d always thought the … Continue reading

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