Many, many years ago I owned a pasta machine. I used it until it literally fell apart, tossed it in the bin and forgot about it. This was 12 years ago or so. I figured it was about time to get myself a new one. I picked up a dirt cheap one from Amazon to play around and got stuck […]
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I spent some time over Easter up in the Peak District. Mostly it was spent gadding about Alton Towers and tearing around Cbeebies Land (which is great fun by the way). We also took in some of the local towns like the unfathomable Alpine-influenced Ilam, which looks like something from the Sound of Music hewn from the mountainside and dropped in the middle […]
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If you’re looking for an alternative to deep frying spring rolls, try baked spring rolls. Mrs. Spud loves a spring roll, but they’re not always the most convenient thing to make. But this version is pretty quick to knock up. Some baked recipes aren’t a patch on their fried alternatives, but this is one that does work really well. I love deep-fried food […]
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Have you ever cooked with black garlic? It’s a sweeter, richer version of it’s whiter cousin. Sainsbury’s sent me some to try. There’s no getting around it, it looks wrong. The flavour is very similar to regular garlic, but a bit like when you roast garlic cloves black garlic is a little sweeter and more intense. Wikipedia says it has balsamic […]
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