Archives for Food and other Edibles
Pish Pash recipe — where it came from and how to make it
I have been eating pish pash all my life, or at least since my food memories began. What went in it depended on what was available. It is the ultimate…
Pork loin steaks sweet and sour style
I haven’t blogged in five years and I’d forgotten the pride I had in owning it. Today it looks like a time capsule of much simpler and exciting times. Some…
Recipe inspirations
A lot of what I cook everyday are inspired by something I've eaten on my travels or at a restaurant which made a particular impression on me. My most recent…
Calcutta Street – The Summer Party Edition
Calcutta Street has come a long way in the past six months. Shrimoyee Chakraborty my friend and founder of Calcutta Street has also grown into her founder's shoes. From playing…
Food travels
Food travels. Oh yes it does. Unlike us it doesn't need a passport, visa or immigration rules. All it needs are people and their passion for food. We are creatures…
Calcutta Street Food Pop-up (Camden)
The Calcutta Street Food Pop-up at the Zensai Bar, Camden by Eat with me - Shrimoyee is the first of many as promised by the organiser herself. For the uninitiated,…
The Vietnamese Market Cookbook
I enjoy eating Thai food and I've been eating Chinese cuisine and its variations for years, but I am quite new to Vietnamese food. It was a discovery by chance.…
Fish Maille Recipe #MailleFlavours
Mustard is a very versatile ingredient. It can make your recipes explode with flavour and also make the rather bland dinner enjoyable, in the form of a sauce or a…
Pasta Fiesta #atozchallenge
I always like good pasta but Italy made me fall in love with them again. The Italians make their pastas deceptively simple, for all you know, the pasta on your…
Of This and That in Italy #atozchallenge
Naples, Positano on the Amalfi coast and a visit to the ruins of Pompeii is our itinerary. But, it has already gone wrong, we were on the Amalfi coast on…