Something different from the super fussy baking: this is the recipe which jolted me out of a cooking slump. Very easy, not too many ingredients, lots of flavour. It’s the silky, rich peppers which are the star here. Chicken joints are braised with them and no additional liquid: together, they release the perfect amount of … Continue reading
A much-needed bowl of something to soothe. This is the holiday leftover meal from my family, along with pie (of which more later, hopefully). And it just seems like a joke to provide a recipe, but since most leftover turkey noodle soups tend to be more pasta-style I thought I’d provide this friendly suggestion. It … Continue reading
This is wonderfully ugly. Garlicky, herby, glossy with oil. I don’t think beauty should be always required of food because beauty is not a reliable indicator of flavour. I am all for appreciating the simplicity of fresh, whole vegetables, but if we take that too far then everything would be eaten raw and unseasoned, a still life, not … Continue reading
A soothing, simple bowl of well-flavoured rice and stock topped with fresh herbs and maybe some cooked shredded meat. This is a savoury yet light dish with lots of bright leafy herbs, but listen: sharing this dish at this time of year, for me, is about a change of palate and a hint of nostalgia. I … Continue reading
A deep, dark, fragrant chilli oil which goes with everything. Perfect for any weather: easily adds zing to cold food and brings toasty fragrance and welcome heat on days when you want something warm to warm you up. It’s just what I need right now. English autumns in cities are subdued, which is to say everything is grey … Continue reading
Springy egg noodles slicked with hot, savoury Chiu Chow chilli oil, topped with everything you like. Fast and satisfying. It is deeply remiss that I have been keeping this recipe from you. I suppose it’s not so much a recipe as an arrangement, a friendly suggestion, one of those things which makes people say, ‘Huh, … Continue reading
Let me be clear about what this isn’t: crystal clear chicken stock. This isn’t classic French cooking, alright? That’s not how we do things around here. What this is: a very basic unsalted chicken stock which much more flavourful than any fresh stock you can buy. The catch, of course, is the time–at least 3 hours. … Continue reading
More noodles–and the first stir-fried noodle dish on this blog! These are spicy noodles perfumed with basil, improvised by Leela at SheSimmers. Leela writes that she cooked up this dish on the fly, calling it kuay tiao phat niraman, or nameless (anonymous) fried noodles. It’s a little bit like phat kee mao and a bit like … Continue reading
Another solid recipe from Leela’s Simple Thai Food: a very simple, comforting, and old-fashioned Chinese-Thai one dish meal. I didn’t grow up eating this, but instead I had a similar dish called rad na, smoky-sweet wide rice noodles topped with a smooth, deeply flavourful brown gravy. My Pearents made it with chicken, broccoli, and scrambled egg. … Continue reading
These beautiful eggs are the result of serendipity. A friend was coming to London and happened to want delicious noodles of some sort; since this ramen place was the only one in the desired location which had a decent vegetarian section, we went there. I wondered about the huge soup spoons, which occupied a place in scale … Continue reading
The Furious Pear Pie 
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