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Category Archives: Classic Rice Dishes
Deh-Ta Hsiung – The Quiet Revolutionary
When Deh-Ta Hsiung walked down the gangway of the P&O SS ‘Corfu’ and came ashore at Tilbury on Boxing Day in 1949, he was young man arriving in the right place at the right time. He was just 17 and that time … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Burgundy, Chicken, Classic Rice Dishes, Dim-Sum, Fish, Food Influencers, Foraging, Game, Ginger, London Dining, Memories, Onions, Pork, Real Chinese Cooking, Rice, Traditions at Table, Vinegars, Wines
Tagged 'Lady Precious Stream', Ballymaloe Co Cork, Bean Sprouts, Chinatowns, Cognac, Deh-Ta Hsiung, Dim-Sum, Dylan Thomas, Festival of Britain, Kai-Lu Hsiung, Ken Hom, Ken Lo, Oxford, Peking, Rice Wine, Ridley Scott, Royal College of Art, Sherry & Port, Shih I Hsiung, Slade Art School
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‘Al Dente’ can become ‘Al Dante’
‘Al Dente’ must be two of the most misunderstood words in the cooking world. Italians talk noisily and knowingly about their pasta and risotti having to be ‘al dente’ to be perfect. Some outside Italy even talk of vegetables being cooked ‘al … Continue reading
Posted in Best Pasta, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Cipriani, Classic Rice Dishes, IGP, Latest Trends, Latini, Pastificio G De Martlino, Real Italy, Rice, Risotto, Sensory Cooking
Tagged 'Al Chiodo', Abruzzo, Al-dente, Antonietta Kelly, Beatrice Ughi, Bronx, Bronze Dies, Cipriani Pasta, Dante's Inferno, Faella, Frascati, Gragnano, Gustiamo, Gustiblog, Italian Trade Centre, Jo Wennerholm, Joy Davies' Noodles and Pasta, Latini Pasta, Pasta Making, Pastificio Di Martino, Pistoia, Rome
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Two Buses and a Pre-Historic Encounter
You know the English saying – you wait for ages at the bus stop and then two or more buses arrive together. This just happened to me. One week the Poissonnèrie Municipale at Le Tréport (Normandy), then a week and a … Continue reading
Posted in Alliums, Archaeology and Food, Basil, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Cicchetti, Classic Rice Dishes, Fish, Food of the Ancients, Food travel, Foraging, Ligurian, Nonna's Cooking, Origins of our food, Oysters and Shellfish, Puglia, Pugliese, Real Italy, Rice, Risotto, Terroir, Wild Food, Wild Funghi
Tagged Chanterelles, Colette on Truffles, Danielli Fresh Pasta Shop, DOP Marvaldi Olive Oil, Il Genovese Restaurant, Ligurian Olive Oil, Magnosa, Melaosporum Black Truffle, Mercato Orientale in Genoa, Monocle Magazine, Perigord Truffle, Pesto alla Genovese, Pesto Rossi, Poissonerie Municipale at Le Treport, Porcini, Roberto Panizza, Taggiasche Olives, Tartufo d'Alba, truffles, Via Galata, Via XX Septembre, Wallpaper Guide to Genoa, White truffle, Wild Funghi
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The ‘Heavyweight’ Lady Boxer
I write from time to time about how my life is a duopoly of luck and discovery. The people I meet lead me to places and products which are of that simplicity and authenticity that so many can only dream of – … Continue reading
Posted in American Dishes, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Classic Rice Dishes, Food travel, French Markets, Great Chefs, London Dining, Simple Food, Techniques, Terroir
Tagged Anissa Helou, Arabella Boxer, Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food, Beatrice Miller, David Bailey, English Food, Evelyn Waugh, Lady Arabella Boxer, Lady Metroland, Penguin Books, Tessa Traeger, Vogue Magazine
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Heaven’s ‘Grass Comes in Two Colours or Three
Asparagus – my goodness, where to begin? I’ve grown up with the stuff – I’m still amazed about how the spears appear overnight, how the beds must not be trodden on, how to cut it, how sprue can be enjoyed and more. … Continue reading
Posted in Batterie, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Classic Rice Dishes, Food Scams, Foraging, French Markets, Good Potatoes, Kitchen Equipment, Memories, Perfect Eggs, Rice, Risotto, Simple Food, Spanish Cooking, supermarkets, Terroir, The Food Business
Tagged 'Cannabis Cuisine', Asparagus Season, Asperges Violette, Cooking Asparagus, Green Asparagus, Hamburg, Liegoise-style, Loire, Mineral Water Sommeliers, Preparing Asparagus, Sauce Maltaise, Spargel, Storing Asparagus, Violet tipped Asparagus, White Asparagus
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Out of my Head
I’ve said before, my grandmother in Wales was a great farmhouse cook – simple food made exquisitely well. She and her faithful Aga were a team remembered to this day as far from Cherrytree House as Sete and Valencia. People would often … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Classic Rice Dishes, Fish, Ingredients, Kitchen Tips, Nonna's Cooking, Oysters and Shellfish, Po Valley, Risotto, Stocks and Stock Making, supermarkets
Tagged Auqerello Rice, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Inspired Cooking, M&S, Pomodori di Colline, Sugo, Vongole
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Polenta Tales
Some love it, others don’t, I adore fresh made polenta. I first ate it in Bianchi’s (Frith Street, Soho -many years gone) – long cooked hare in a thick, rich gamey with creamy polenta. A pre-Alpi classic dish if ever there was one. … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Classic Rice Dishes, Coffee, Comforting Foods, Food travel, Nonna's Cooking, Real Italy, Rice, Risotto, Venice, Wild Funghi
Tagged Blue Collar Gastronomy, Fegato alla Venezia, Fellini, Milanese Cucina, Polenta, Poulet de Bresse, Risotto alla Milanese, San Pellegrino, San Pellegrino Terme, White Maize, Wild Funghi
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