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Category Archives: Comforting Foods
Going Undercover Dining in Hoxton
A morning of delight and discovery as I take a route across London on a new-to-me train through smart clean stations – is this really London I ask myself. Get off at Hoxton Station, through the empty barriers and, in less … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, American Dishes, Baccala, Coffee, Comforting Foods, London Dining, New Chefs, Perfect Eggs, Phoney Cooking, Salad, Salad and Digestion, Salt Cod
Tagged 'In Search of TASTE' Magazine, Andy Lynes, Brandade, Chef James Ferguson, Fergus Henderson, Herdwick Lamb, Kohlrabi, Menu de Marche, Metro Newspaper, Onglet, Panna Cotta, Picpoul de Pinet, Polenta Cake with Blood Orange, Rochelle Canteen, St John Bakery, The Beagle in Hoxton
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Schmaltz, Oma style
With more and more UK food stores, from hypermarket barns to our neighbourhood late night shops, most times now stocking Duck or Goose Fat and some delicatessens even selling Italian Lardo, a third option is missing. It’s where we should go next. … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Cooking, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Bread, Comforting Foods, Curing and Smoking, Fish, Good Potatoes, Graisse d'oie and Confit de Canard, Simple Food, Smoked Fish, South West French Cuisine, Terroir
Tagged 'In Search of TASTE', 'Nose to Tail' Eating, Austrian Cooking, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Fergus Henderson, Horseradish, Knoddel, Knusper Grammeln, Kren, Meerettich, Oma's Cooking, Roggen Brot, Rye Bread, Schmaltz, Styria, Tewksbury Mustard
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Gnocco, Gnocchi – Who’s There?
The answer is a dumpling that’s as old as pasta itself. That’s Gnocchi – made most times nowadays with potato, but with variants assembled from semolina, regular wheat flour, chestnut flour, polenta, breadcrumbs (like Knödel) and, in Lombardy, they make theirs with pumpkin. Sometimes the gnocchi are … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Comforting Foods, Good Potatoes, Harry's Bar, Real Italy, Techniques, Terroir, Venice
Tagged "Acquolina", Amaretti, Anthony Blake, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Calle Valaresso, Campo San Barnaba, Cotechino, Desire, Floury Potatoes, Gino Santin, Gnocchi, Gnocchi alla Parigina, Gnocchi di Patate, Gnoccho, Guidecca, Harry's Bar, King Edwards, Levoni, Lombardy, Mantova, Maris Piper, Parmentier, Pesto alla Genovese, Pesto Rossi, Sage, Salvia, Tazio Nuvolari, Tortelli di Zucca, Venice, Zampone
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Trots to the Pot
You like pig’s feet – les pieds du porc, manitas de cerdo, schweinstrüße, etc? I love them and always have since my Welsh grandmother would prepare them for me as a child, much to the chagrin of my mother who … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Comforting Foods, Fonds and Jus, French Regional Foods, Game, Stocks and Stock Making, supermarkets, Techniques, Veal
Tagged Agnes B, Au Pied du Cochon, Aux Pieds des Cochons, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Cottechino, E Dehilleren, Les Halles, Les Halles Paris, Levoni of Mantova, Onion Soup, Pieds du Porc, Pierre Koffmann, Pig's Trotters, Rungis, Stock Making, Zampone
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Another Thanksgiving Feast
Thanksgiving is not unique to the US each November. This Sunday and Monday – November 20/21 – Venetians in their thousands will make the slow pilgrimage across the Grand Canal on a specially erected temporary wooden bridge to their cherished … Continue reading
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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Memories from Le Camping – Le Yaourt
The summer holidays over for one more year coupled with a 12 hour trip across to France a few days ago brought a tiny taste sensation flooding back. On camping holidays in the Herault most years during my childhood, not … Continue reading