Cheese and pepper – two of Andrew’s favourite things. We discovered this simple classic Roman dish when we were on holiday there in July. I had ordered pasta carbonara from the waiter at Roma Sparita restaurant, who refused to serve me it, insisting that instead both Andrew and I try their classic Cacio e Pepe, […]
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Chips
My Grandad would have been 100 yesterday. He made it into his 80s, which was pretty decent considering he was an 80 a day smoker who according to him began puffing before he reached his teenage years, while working the markets in South East London. He was diabetic in his senior years, but didn’t let something […]
Sous-vide-tastic
Andrew bought me a sous-vide set for Christmas: a water bath, vacuum set and the food safe bags to cook food in. At Christmas I made spiced apples in there, and last week I experimented twice. Firstly I tried sous-vide salmon. This was not as successful as I had hoped. I added a little lemon […]