Tag Archives: Oxford Companion to Food

Ginger’s Magic

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Gareth

Fish is only fresh when it doesn’t smell of fish. Who said that? The Chinese and Japanese. Ginger masks ‘Marine tang’ say the Burmese. Ginger is magic. Continue reading →

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Daftly Named, but Specially Tasty

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Gareth

The Jerusalem Artichoke is a daft name because it relates to neither Jersusalem or that most wonderful ancient vegetable, the globe artichoke. I read recently the name was a mis-hearing of the Spanish for sunflower – Girasole – to which it … Continue reading →

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