Steamed Buns and Peking Duck
Just because I think that a month or so is long enough for a picture of a box of broadbeans. Here are some steamed buns I made for a dinner party a month or…
meat
Something to put under a steak
Broad beans are in season. I was reminded of this when a red faced man came in to an art exhibition I was at with a box full of them. I couldn't…
Everything I know about food in the context of a stodgy looking plate of lamb and green lentils
Technically it's a braise and that's often the cooking method of choice for cheaper and tougher cuts but that doesn't exclude other cuts. The…
Ducklava
Birthday necessitated dinner party as part of week long 'festival of birthday'. Ducklava Don't know where this idea came from. I guess if you…
Another Sunday Roast
Mag's been put to bed so that means…Sunday roast. A few helpful things: Lamb You can make a nice lamb stuffing with (roughly) a cup of fresh…
Koushidon
This is actually pretty easy. The tricky bit is establishing a friendship with someone in Guam so that eventually they send you a Totoro bento set, I guess…
Polaroid 690 and a recipe for sausage and fennel risotto
I bought this Polaroid 690 maybe 10 years at a second hand camera store in Shinjuku for about ¥20,000. It folds down neatly into small booklet that hangs…
Lamb Neck Tagine
Sorry for the not very exciting pic but this is really very good and one of the best things I've made for a while. It's a combination of a few…
Lazy Sunday Late Lunch
Duck Liver and Pork Terrine A terrine is a nice enough way to get back into cooking and it gave me a good reason to give my 70's moulinex a bit of a…
Some salad
Some salad