Tag: Cooking
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Quick Foodie Quiz 5
Test your foodie knowledge with our quick quiz. Only five questions but quite difficult, we think. Have fun! What is a mazard? A wild sweet cherry A type of duck A specialist knife for boning meat A small apron with pockets, worn by waiting staff Which food writer wrote the anthology Food – what we…
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Chef’s Tales by Michael Saxon
Leaving roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and the grey skies of northern England behind, a skinny young Michael Saxon travelled several continents acquiring his culinary skills and went on to become an executive chef in the five-star hotel industry. We happened to be browsing in the E&O hotel shop in Penang when I found a copy…
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Easy Butternut Squash Recipe
Cut the butternut squash in half lengthways and remove the seeds. Splash a bit of olive oil onto it, and roast in a hot oven for about 40 minutes, or until it’s soft. Then add some cream cheese flavoured with sage (or whatever else you fancy) into the hollow where the seeds used to be.…
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A good egg? Part Two: free-range v battery
A discussion of the various methods of egg production and their merits.