Saturday 24th June, 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark After a good night’s sleep, I was all set to go and parkrun somewhere in Copenhagen, preferably at Amager strandpark. I sorted my kit out and looked up the route I’d use to get there (about half a dozen stops on the metro), downloaded the DOT app to…
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Travel 2023 – Copenhagen, Day 1
Friday 23rd June, 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark Covid meant that I hadn’t seen my colleagues in Copenhagen face to face since January 2020. It also meant neither of us had been anywhere outside the UK for three years. A week long workshop at HQ in Copenhagen was going to be my first trip and provided…
Food 2020 – Banquist #010, Gareth Ward
Saturday, 7th November 2020 – Banquist #010, Gareth Ward This was one I’d been looking forward to, what with the chef in question having quite the reputation, as well as a Michelin star or two. We are speaking of Gareth Ward, the man at the pass at Ynishir.Grace Dent had reviewed it recently, and it…
Food 2020 – Recipes (Stuffed Mushrooms; Salt-Baked Beetroot with Whipped Ricotta, Apple and Hazelnut; Roast Squash and Plums in Garlic, Ginger and Chilli)
October 2020 – Recipes (Stuffed Mushrooms; Salt-Baked Beetroot with Whipped Ricotta, Apple and Hazelnut; Roast Squash and Plums in Garlic, Ginger and Chilli) The thing about the new normal is that I end up with all sorts of unexpected vegetables in the weekly fruit and vegetable box I get to save me having to trek…
Food 2020 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (Masala by Mallika Basu – Part 1)
Saturday 31st October, 2020 – Recipes (Sikandari Raan, Naan, Baingan Aloo, Zafrani Aloo) October was incredibly difficult (what with the major building work and the house being in total turmoil), so after the first shot at cooking from October’s book from the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club, I lost interest in trying anything complicated as…
Food 2020 – Recipes (Pappardelle with Hare, Red Wine and Cacao Ragù)
Sunday 11th October, 2020 – Recipes (Pappardelle with Hare, Red Wine and Cacao Ragù) I will always buy hare when I can lay hands on it, and in addition to making a splendid jugged hare recipe, I’m keen to do other thing with what can be a somewhat overpowering meat if you don’t treat it…
Food 2020 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (Under the Olive Tree by Irini Tzortzoglou)
Saturday 3rd/Sunday 4th October, 2020 – Recipes (Moussaka, Griddled Courgette Ribbons with Crumbled Feta and a Mint Lemon Dressing, Brother Yiorgos’s Field Mushrooms with Smoked Vinegar Pork Sausage) After a couple of months missing in action (I really didn’t fancy the August book – Cook for Charity – though I bought it to make a…
Food 2020 – Banquist #008, Thomas Frake
Saturday 26th September, 2020 – Banquist #008, Thomas Frake So after a series of “just lob it in the oven at 180°C” meals, I decided it was time to try out the September offering from Banquist. You may note, if you click on the link to their website, that they do say they “teach you…
Food 2020 – Haar at Home (Goan Lobster Box)
Saturday 12th September, 2020 – Haar at Home (Goan Lobster Box) After a lobster box from Côte, it was time to wheel out the big guns in September with a box from Haar. This is a restaurant in Scotland, headed up by Dean Banks, a former Masterchef finalist, who opened the restaurant a year ago….
Food 2020 РC̫te at Home (Lobster and Frites)
Saturday 1st August, 2020 – Côte at Home (Lobster and Frites) As people who usually go out to eat quite a lot, I’ve enjoyed doing my own more adventurous than normal cooking at home, but now and again it’s nice to let someone else do all the heavy lifting. A review in the Guardian in…
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