Quite a simple list this year; and I’m cheating by including two food memoirs. But that’s what I read this year! What I ate in One Year Stanley Tucci’s facility to talk about food is brilliant, utterly captivating in a way that makes you run to the kitchen immediately. Simply delicious. Do not read hungry. Buy on Amazon Fried Gold […]
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The Cuisinart ICE100 BCU ice cream maker machine is one of the most premium home machines on the market. In this review I’m going to let you know whether it’s the kind of gadget you need in your kitchen. First off, what does it do? Well, it’s an ice cream machine, so, well, it makes ice cream. Video version of […]
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Heston Blumenthal has a number of iconic dishes associated with him: snail porridge, hot and cold nitro tea, and meat fruit. I’ve had a go at making meat fruit before, but I wondered… could it be done on a budget? Can I make Michelin-starred food using only Aldi ingredients? Well in short… yes! Just using two ingredients we can have […]
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For over 30 years MasterChef has had one aim: to discover the country’s best food talent through a series of extraordinary cooking challenges, and watched over by some of the world’s most prestigious food judges. Let’s look into the history of this long running TV show, and the surprising disagreement that led to it’s creation. We’ll look at the judges, the tests, and the dishes that made MasterChef a staple of TV schedules.
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