Chivito is the national dish of Uruguay. It is a thin slice of tender cooked beef steak (churrasco), with mozzarella, ham, tomatoes, mayonnaise and black or green olives, and commonly also bacon, fried or hard-boiled eggs, served as a sandwich… Read More
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Pad See Ew – Thai Stir Fried Noodles
The name of the dish translates to “fried with soy sauce”. Variations of the dish can be found in other countries as well. It is very similar to the char kway teow of Malaysia and Singapore and to Cantonese chow… Read More
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Poulet Aux Morilles et Sauce au Xérès
This dish is from the Besançon region, home to the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, it is a simple and a very tasty dish, with a rich, but not overly heavy sauce. Download the .pdf from this link: Poulet Aux Morilles et Sauce au… Read More
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Kashmir Kofta With Cardamom
Next to saffron, cardamom is the world’s most expensive spice. It is the seed pods of a herbaceous perennial, a member of the ginger family, growing wild in the jungles of southern India and Sir Lanka; it is also cultivated… Read More
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Roasted Lamb Shoulder
I find British Lamb to be the best available and shall always make that my go to option given the choice. Lamb, a young sheep under 12 months of age which does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear…. Read More
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Country Liver Pâté
Country pâté (pâté de campagne) is a French meat dish made of ground meat. It is different from other French pâtés in that it is coarser. It is also far easier to make. Download the .pdf from this link: Country… Read More
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Chicken Shawarma
Shawarma is a dish in Middle Eastern cuisine consisting of meat cut into thin slices, stacked in a cone-like shape, and roasted on a slowly-turning vertical rotisserie or spit. Originally made of lamb or mutton, today’s shawarma may also be… Read More
In The Pantry
Setting a Charcuterie Board
Let The Meat Be The Hero. Charcuterie (/ʃɑːrˈkuːtəri/ (listen) shar-KOO-tər-ee, also US: /ʃɑːrˌkuːtəˈriː/ (listen) -EE; French: [ʃaʁkyt(ə)ʁi] (listen); from chair, ‘flesh’, and cuit, ‘cooked’) is a French term for a branch of cooking devoted to prepared meat products, such as… Read More
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The Mirabeau
Given that this is the Monaco F1 weekend I thought it fitting to conjure a new sandwich idea befitting of the location and of course, in keeping with the history. The high (haute) and low (bas) Mirabeau corners literally [sandwich]… Read More
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Paccheri Alla Crabe et Prosciutto
Paccheri in its main form is a large tube of pasta, shorter but much wider than cannelloni. A restaurant may also have a smaller version called mezzi paccheri, literally meaning half. Paccheri is available in lisce (smooth) and rigati (grooved)… Read More