They say that admission is the first step in recovery. I had got into a Mexican rut. There weren’t that many complaints being heard from The Hungry One (give him a margarita, some avocado and black beans and he’s already been transported back to sunny days in Tulum in his head). But I’ve somehow got […]
Archive for March, 2011
This was not the meal I expected to have. What got me in was their ‘Around Iceland’ menu. We travel for food. When we get somewhere we like to eat what is locally loved (fermented shark meat and all). We also like to see as much of a place as possible; which when you’ve only […]
“Hákarl is traditionally prepared by gutting and beheading a Greenland or basking shark and placing it in a shallow hole dug in gravelly-sand, with the now-cleaned cavity resting on a slight hill. The shark is then covered with sand and gravel, and stones are then placed on top of the sand in order to press […]
Panna cottas; They’re my dinner party friend in the fridge. As long as there’s leaf gelatine to hand and some plastic cups about, these creamy wobbly mounds are the easiest dessert going around. The plastic cups are a trick I picked up a while ago. There’s nothing more disappointing that a panna cotta that won’t release […]
Sometimes you get an invitation that you just can’t refuse. “Why don’t you come up to the house for dinner? We can cook together in the afternoon? I’ll pick you up from the train.” One week and five hours later my hands are streaked with sticky blood. So is the handsome wooden table. In front […]