Food from August 2012
August 2012 Food Archive from Foodepedia
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Sunday Scoffing At School of Wok
Wednesday August 29th, 2012‘The Egg!’ I hiss triumphantly to my companion, tripping all over myself to get to said item. Seconds later, I’m sinking my teeth into a half-ovoid of sheer gustatory pleasure- all gooey sunset yolk, firm soy-poached white and the salty spike of fish roe. Simple. Stunning. Simply stunning... ‘Leave off you greedy munter,’ says the mate, ‘There’ll be none left for anyone else.’
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Pappardelle don't preach
Saturday August 25th, 2012I could be in trouble deep. That high street purveyor of middle class Italian nosh, Carluccio’s, is coming to a Sainsbury’s near you with a range of ready meals that knocks the competition into a cocked hat and I for one have had my head turned.
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Half-baked ideas
Thursday August 23rd, 2012It couldn't be easier really. You get the convenience of off-the-shelf with the aroma and freshly-baked quality of home made.
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African Sauces: It’s Curry, Bim, But Not As We Know It
Tuesday August 21st, 2012When I were a mere scrap of a lass, many family occasions were heralded by the plonking on the table of a large vat of a spicy, beefy elixir, whose flavour was largely dependent on large dollops of peanut butter. This, ostensibly, was an ‘African’ curry, and we ate it accompanied with white rice, sprinkled liberally with the contents of myriad small wooden bowls- tinned pineapple chunks, sliced banana, raisins, salted nuts, chopped apple.... The authenticity may have been in dispute, but never, ever, the sheer deliciousness.