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Category Archives: Rants
Tuccu’s My New Ragu
Never have I found a simple story so complex to nail. I fell on a meat sauce for pasta that excited me - effectively a ragú - from Genoa. Roberto Panizza (right), maker of the finest of all Pesto alla Genovese’s, has it on … Continue reading
Posted in American Dishes, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Ligurian, Rants, Real Italy
Tagged Bolognaise, Clod, Dring's of Greenwich, Fettucine, Geneve, Il Genovese Ristorante, Jo Wennerholm, Ligurian Olive Oils, Matama, Naples, Pesto Rossi, Porcini, Ragout, Ragu, Ragu alla Genuvese, Ravioli of Borage, Reale, Roberto Panizza, Swiss Guard, Tuccu, Tuccu Genovese
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A Welter to Come whatever the Weather
Back 36 hours late from Normandy at 04h00 today - my visit extended from L’Orne to Le Sarthe and Les Pays de Loire. I had a pigeonneau hatch from the egg in front of me – probably destined for a Michelin star kitchen. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Food Scams, Food travel, French Markets, French Regional Foods, French supermarkets, Guinea Fowl, Pigeoneau, Poulet, Poulet Fermier, Poulet Fermiers, Rants, supermarkets, Terroir, The Food Business
Tagged Eggs on Legs, Grand Maitre, Le Sarthe, Loue, No GM, Normandy, Pays de Loire, Pigeonneau, Potagers, Poulets Fermiers, Pure Breed Chickens, Sans OGM
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White, Unsightly Scum
When Man thinks he’ll get smart and make short cuts – that’s his way of way of doing something less than properly – it tends to go wrong. Thanks to the Lord. It doesn’t stop him keeping trying though. Bacon, the root of the … Continue reading
Cockles and Mussels, Alive, Alive Oh
Holidaying at home is the theme – self enforced, but we’re making a good fist of it. Until Saturday just gone at least. We headed for the coast – not Folkestone for fresh day-boat fish, but for a change, Hastings – you … Continue reading
Posted in Best Pasta, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Fish, Holidaying at Home, Ingredients, Oysters and Shellfish, Rants, Simple Food, Walk with Joy, Wild Funghi
Tagged Cockles and Whelks, Corn Fed Chickens, Courgettes, Fresh Tomato Sugo, Pasta, Rotisserie Cooking, Stay at Home Holidays, www.walkwithjoy.com
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Manzi’s became St John Hotel
By London standards I enjoyed a near perfect martini cocktail in the new St John Hotel today waiting on my friend Tilly. I was reading about the early arrival of Discovery apples this year – a good 3 weeks before … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Latest Trends, Rants
Tagged Hoe, Johnny Speight, Joy King Lau, Manzi's, St John's, St John's Hotel, Stanley Franklin
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Thai Crab ‘Risotto’ – Shocking Stuff
Anyone see Thai Crab Risotto – made creamy with mascarpone, double cream, butter and Parmesan – on TV earlier today. Too shocking for words and why, oh why anyway? Continue reading
Posted in Ingredients, Rants, Real Italy, Rice, Risotto, Techniques
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‘Twin Beaks’ and Cherry Pie
Rolls Royce Chickens – merde mes braves – there’s more to a factory hybrid built up to huge carcase weight. This is anti-gastronomy. Stop please. The joke must end soon. Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Capon, Food Influencers, Food Marketeers, Food Scams, French supermarkets, Latest Trends, Poulet, Poulet de Gournay, Poulet Fermiers, Rants, Speciality Chicken
Tagged AOC, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, David Lynch, Food Ethics, Food rant, Gareth Jones, Gareth Jones Food, Les Glorieuses, Poulet de Bresse, Poulet de Gournay, Ross hybrid, UK Food Industry, £32 Chicken
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