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Category Archives: Ingredients
Gunton Arms for Fire, Deer and Art
Connection and seeming coincidences so often thread through this blog. For one who doesn’t believe in coincidence, perhaps something’s going on. Here’s the most recent happening. Earlier in the summer I was invited to have lunch in North Norfolk. I was taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Alliums, Batterie, Beef, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Brassica's, Bread, Ingredients, Offals, Pork, Venison
Tagged 'In Search of TASTE', 'Tete de Cerf', AA Gill, Aged Rib of Beef, Ch Mouton-Rothschild, Ch Petrus, Chef Stuart Tattersall, Cromer Crabs, Francis Bacon, Ivor Braka, J Baker's Bistro Moderne, Jay Rayner, Keith Reeves, King's Lynn Shrimps, Lucien Freud, Mark Hix, Neil Nugent, North Norfolk, Open Fire Cooking, Picpoul de Pinet, Stuart Tattersall, Sunday Times, Tete de Veau, The Gunton Arms, Venison, Venison Offals, Vermentino
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‘In Search of TASTE’
I’ve some big news to share with all – and especially those who doff their hats to Blue Collar Gastronomy and have followed my writing these past two years since I kicked off in an icy Pont de Vaux (Bresse) … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Food Influencers, Food of the Ancients, food politics, Food Scams, Food travel, Ingredients, Memories, Nature, No Compromise Shopping, Techniques, Terroir, The Food Business, Traditions at Table, True Innovation, Wine Making and Viticulture
Tagged 'In Search of TASTE', 'The Art of Eating', Blue Collar Gastronomy, British Media, Columnists, Food Writing, Gareth Jones, Keith Reeves, Savennieres, St Chinian, Wine writing
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Feta that’ll not Make you Feta’r
You all know the expression in English ‘as different as chalk and cheese’ – I’d reckon it must have been dreamed up to describe Feta cheese. Most Feta on sale is one-dimensional, chalky, overly saline and utterly pointless. The original barrel-aged Feta, … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Food, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Citrus Fruit, DOP, Food of the Ancients, IGP, Ingredients, Origins of our food, Real Italy, Salad, Salad and Digestion, Seasoning, Simple Food, Southern Italy
Tagged Al-dente, Ancient Rome, Barrel-aged Feta Cheese, Cretan Feta, Cretan Lifestyle, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome, Farro, Mediterranean Diet, Mint, Neal's Yard Dairy, Pelopennese, Rosie Barron, Sicilian new season Tomatoes, The Roman Army, Thesaloniki, Unwaxed Sicilian Lemons
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Love Apples, Fakery and Greed
When the tomato was first brought back from the New America’s to Spain – and nearly a century later diplomatically ‘gifted’ to Naples by the Spanish Court - it was thought to be highly decorative, but poisonous. It was a daring courtier who … Continue reading
Posted in Basil, Best Pasta, Black Peppercorns, Blue Collar Gastronomy, DOP, French Markets, IGP, Ingredients, Nonna's Cooking, Real Italy, Simple Food, Southern Italy, supermarkets, The Food Business
Tagged Basilico, DOP San Marzano Tomatoes, Home Grown Tomatoes, Love Apples, Mouli-Legumes, Mount Versuvius, Naples, Passata, Pizza, Pomodoro, San Marzano tomatoes, Sarnese-Nocerino, Sugo, Supermarket Chillers
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Chicken News. ‘Eggs on Legs’ and More
‘Could try harder’ was a repeating phrase in my school reports. It applies to the +£1 billion pa British chicken business too. Where some are trying specially hard, others patently are lagging behind. At risk of appearing to over-simplify, let me explain … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Food Marketeers, food politics, Food Scams, French Regional Foods, Great Chefs, Guinea Fowl, Hen's and Bantam's Eggs, Ingredients, Label Rouge, Perfect Eggs, Poulet, Poulet Fermier, Poulet Fermiers, supermarkets, The Food Business
Tagged AOC Bresse Chicken, Campylobacter, Eggs on Legs, Food Standards Agency, Genuine3 Free Range, GMO Free Diet for Chicken, Label Rouge, Listeria, Loue, Normandy Chickens, Poulet de Bresse, Poulet en-roule, Poulet Fermier, Pure Breed Chicken, Red Tractor, Salmonella, Which? Magazine
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Me Pesto in Me Mortar – with Love from Genoa
Like many great dishes, Pesto means no more than the wooden pestle and marble bowl it’s traditionally made in – a pestle and mortar. Paella, Casserole, Marmite (the pot, not the other divisive stuff – literally ‘barrel scrapings’), Jugged, Griddled, Broiled, … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Food, Basil, Blue Collar Gastronomy, DOP, Food Influencers, Food of the Ancients, Food travel, Ingredients, Ligurian, Nonna's Cooking, Real Italy, Techniques, Terroir
Tagged Genoa, haricot fines, Liguria, Liguria's Terroir, Palatifini, Parmesan, Pecorino Sardo, Pestle and Mortar, Pesto, Pesto al Mortaio, pinenuts, trenette, Trofie, World Pesto Championships 2012
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Hey Presto, it’s Pesto al Mortaio
St Patrick’s Day 2012 will be very different for me and all the better for that – with respect to friends Donal, Joe, the Millikens, et al. No Guinness, no cabbage and bacon – instead I’ll be in the beautiful, historic … Continue reading
Posted in Basil, Best Pasta, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Food travel, Ingredients, Kitchen Equipment, Ligurian, No Compromise Shopping, Nonna's Cooking, Real Italy, Simple Food, supermarkets, Techniques, Terroir
Tagged Camogli, Carrara Marble, Genoa, Liguria, Ligurian Basil, Palazzo Ducale, Pesto alla Genovese, Roberto Panizza, Trofie, www.gustiamo.com
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