Rice and onions
Published on 3 September 2019 in Food and Drink, Bods's Cookbook Collection, food, recipe
How one recipe proved to be one of the tastiest dishes I know, but I managed not to cook it for 20 years.
Posts about "food"
Supermarkets – and avoiding them
Published on 1 February 2013 in Food and Drink, Shopping, food, shopping, supermarkets
It is said that one in every eight pounds spent in shops in the UK, is spent in Tesco. That's 12½p out of every pound goes in to Tesco's tills. And that's just one supermarket. Don't know about you, but I think that's scary and have done for a while. Supermarkets in general are dominating our lives. And they're spreading out like wildfire.
Making slow fermented bread in a breadmaker
Published on 29 November 2012 in Food and Drink, bread, food
Good bread makes time to make. And the longer the better. And just because you've got a breadmaker doesn't mean you can't make slow bread.
One of the strangest “Japanese” meals I’ve ever seen
Published on 21 November 2012 in Food and Drink, food, Japanese, sprouts
Rice salad, carrots, some meaty stuff and cold sprouts?
Experiments in bread
Published on 6 October 2012 in Food and Drink, baking, bread, food
A bread making machine doesn't necessarily mean the end to experimentation in your baking.
On buying a breadmaker
Published on 24 September 2012 in Food and Drink, baking, bread, food
No longer knead the dough.
My recipe for Brussel Sprout soup
Published on 19 December 2011 in Food and Drink, food, recipe, soup, sprouts, vegetarian food
When I tell people about how wonderful sprout soup is, everyone looks at me as if I'm completely insane. But sprout soup is amazing. I know you won't believe me but put that thought of overboiled sprouts and their ugly taste behind you and try this.
The easiest bread to make, ever
Published on 26 November 2011 in Food and Drink, baking, bread, food
What if I was to tell you that you could make a decent loaf with no needing and that all you needed to do was quickly mix your ingredients together, leave it overnight then bake it first thing? And the bread it made was rather good?
Quick and Easy Cooking for Students
Published on 25 March 2011 in Food and Drink, Bods's Cookbook Collection, cooking, food
Like her more famous book, Grub on a Grant, Quick and Easy Cooking for Students offers a plethora of simple but tasty meals. Its more recent publication date means it has a greater emphasis on those staples of modern living like pasta and rice, but also takes the opportunity to introduce people to other grains like bulgar wheat and cous-cous.
Bread: From Ciabatta to Rye
Published on 23 March 2011 in Food and Drink, Bods's Cookbook Collection, cooking, food
Linda Collister's book has become my bread bible ever since Catherine bought me a copy for my birthday. After a recipe for a standard loaf and details of how to make a sour dough starter, the book is split into different regions of the world, and contains a number of different recipes in each section, starting with America.