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Cabbage Salad
The first time I ever came to Vietnam, incidentally also the first time I ever left Australia, I followed all the rules for eating in the developing world. You know, If you can’t boil it, fry it or peel it, don’t eat it, otherwise known as the first commandment of travel. I’m haunted by images of [...]
Cucumber Salad
I am forever trying to complicate things, unintentionally, but still. I spent years at university adding complexity in an attempt to find simplicity. Convoluted ideas can befuddle even the most intelligent and when that idea is about food the resulting dish will likely cause confusion and at worst, revulsion. Good food can be like great [...]
Cabbage, pomelo and peanut salad.
Oh hello! I’m here in Ha Noi, settling in and getting acquainted with the people, traffic and dust. I’m writing right now to the Nghi Tam soudtrack – staccato pounding of hammer on nail, the intermittent buzz of a motorcycle whipping by, the ever present horns beeping and the sweet sound of an opera singers practise [...]
Beetroot – from garden to plate 3
Beetroot, sweet and earthy. Ruby red. An acquired taste.
Recipes: Pork chops with beetroot relish, Beetroot – from garden to plate #3, raw beetroot and goats cheese salad
Also posted in from garden to plate, vegetables
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Asparagus, from garden to plate 1
Asparagus seems to divide the population. Some love this quick growing sprout and will eat it fresh from the ground as a delicacy (me), others despise the mere thought of it. Perhaps scarred from one too many servings of putrid canned asparagus?
Recipes: Asparagus – from garden to plate #1, Asparagus frittata, asparagus and ricotta tart
