Tag Archives: Italian

A plate of pasta

After all that non-kitchen malarkey, you’d think I’d have been spending my time making ridiculously complex feasts involving all of the rings on the hob, the grill and the oven all in one go. Well you would be wrong. The … Continue reading

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Spaghetti al sugo crudo

If I was a bit of a tit, I would call this “summer on a plate”.  As I’m not, this is just a really good plate of pasta. I’ve been making this raw tomato sauce on and off for years, … Continue reading

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Da Piero, Irby, Wirral

When it comes to eating out, Italian food can be tricky. Often overpriced for odd derivatives of what Italian food should be. Which means often disappointing. Save for a few places such as Zucca in London, I generally avoid going … Continue reading

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Roasting pasta

No, this isn’t about making a pasta bake.  But, actually roasting dry pasta, and then cooking with it. I got this strange notion from a really great book, Ideas in Food: Great Recipes and Why they Work, by Aki Kamozawa … Continue reading

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We interrupt this transmission…

…with a little post about something non-Japan, non-honeymoon related.  I’ll get back to that very shortly (in all honesty, I’m gearing up to blog the mega tasting meal we had in Tokyo – that’s a lot of dishes to talk … Continue reading

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La Querce, Honor Oak

I like eating out.  In fact, I like eating out a lot.  Every night I am not cooking at home, I am eating out.  No reheating or ready meals for me (I don’t own a microwave anyway).  When I say … Continue reading

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Wild garlic and walnut pesto

A couple of weeks ago I was unpacking my veg box (something I look forward to with probably a bit too much enthusiasm), and I noticed that those lovely people at Riverford had thrown in a free pack of wild … Continue reading

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