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Tag Archives: Hop Shoots
‘Crudo’. The Word to Look For in the Market
March and April are a joy across mainland Europe. After the winter months of living off root vegetables and top crops imported from the Southern Hemisphere, here we go again with our own. Blue Collar Gastronauts wear a particularly broad … Continue reading
Posted in Alliums, Basil, Black Peppercorns, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Farmers Markets, Food travel, French Markets, French supermarkets, No Compromise Shopping, Nonna's Cooking, Real Italy, Risotto, Salad, Salad and Digestion, Seasoning, Southern Italy, Spanish Cooking, supermarkets
Tagged Asparagus - white or green, Asperges a Liegeoise, Baby Artichokes, Broad Beans, Crudo, Hop Shoots, New Season Produce, Paella Verde, Peas, Petits-Pois, Pistou, Primeurs, Risi e Bisi, Tourangelle, Violet tipped Asparagus
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Simple but Best, but Never Stop Learning
I’m going nowhere near the cliche about simple things being the best. I’d be lying. I adore fresh foie gras, caviar, woodcock and grouse in season, turbot, Scottish lobster, scampi from the Venice lagoon (do read Jeffrey Steingarten’s view on … Continue reading
Posted in Bread, Food travel, Foraging, Ingredients, Nature, supermarkets, Terroir
Tagged Belon Oysters, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Foie Gras, Hop Shoots, Krug, Melanosporum, Real and Simple Food, Street Markets, Tartuffo Bianco, Value, Yquem
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