I’ve been mucking about almost constantly with my Sous Vide Supreme since unpacking it the other week. Pretty much every day the old silver box has been silently ticking away, gently cooking dinner. I’m starting to get the hang of it. Following on from steak and gammon, I read just about every post by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt on sous vide and […]
Read moreFebruary’s a short month but there’s still lots of bits and bobs to catch up on. It was a disastrous month in the life of a food blogger, as both my Internet and my oven broke. Challenging times! Here’s a few light bites that saw me through: New York Bakery Co. Mini bagels: oh man, I couldn’t get enough of […]
Read moreLet’s get this out of the way: this is an inauthentic beef pho. It’s beef and noodles in a strong broth of Asian flavours. But pho tells you the general direction we’re heading in for this one. So why this dish? Well not only is a great way to use up leftovers (in this instance, specifically roast beef) but it […]
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We’ve just seen the back of national chip week for another year! That’s the excuse you needed to have chips tonight sorted then. In celebration of this auspicious occasion, Albert Bartlett sent me some Innovator potatoes to try out. They’re a floury general-purpose type so I cooked ’em a bunch of ways. My favourite were these beef dripping-soaked gold nuggets […]
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