Monthly Archives: May 2008
Beef Laap or larb, larp – delicious however you spell it.
My old neighbourhood is jam-packed with Thai restaurants, it seems they were taking business and marketing inspiration from the old quarter in Hanoi with its tin, paper and gravestone streets, rather than from the rest of the city. A shop would close and invariable a new Thai restaurant would open. I can count at least [...]
Moroccan Lamb and Chickpea Soup, set and forget.
I am not a great clipper of recipes. A few years ago, packing to move I was horrified that more than a box was being filled with food magazines, so I clipped all the recipes out of them (and now have no idea when my filed collection is). But that experience was really my only [...]
Muffins
Today is muffin Sunday. The last few weeks I have been terribly overindulgent, so to curb that tide I stayed in today and instead of making rich, sweet cupcakes I made (up) some muffins. Pistachio, cardamom and quince paste seemed like a good idea seeings as F. spent heaps of time last night organising the [...]
Subtle Spinach Soup/Focus on Spinach.
I don’t often follow savoury main recipes. I have my own way of doing things which is completely at odds with my cookery training. See, I have a thing about vegetables, something along the lines of a mantra of plenty and varied. This makes it difficult to highlight an individual vegetable as they get overshadowed [...]
