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Bison on a bed of beets. Ingredient 26.

August 21, 2011
By Hugo
Bison on a bed of beets. Ingredient 26.

With an American in the house, I thought it would be good to try out Bison, a real American meat and test our her recipe for ‘Orange Beets’ – Beetroot cooked in an orange syrup for those of you lacking US citizenship. I was excited to be trying Bison after my delightful introduction to...

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Ingredient 25 is Crab: Crab, Carrot and Cucumber Salad.

August 8, 2011
By admin
Ingredient 25 is Crab: Crab, Carrot and Cucumber Salad.

While my sister was over from the states, I took the opportunity for her to show me how to dissect a crab. We all like to play with our food and ripping apart a crab is the ultimate in food-play. I made a delicious...

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Falling Off the Wagon, Jumping back on. And a call to arms. (Oh, and Ingredients 23 and 24)

July 31, 2011
By Hugo
Falling Off the Wagon, Jumping back on. And a call to arms. (Oh, and Ingredients 23 and 24)

Cold Sweats “Hello.  My name is Hugo and for the last 3 weeks I haven’t blogged about food. ” I say with my heart racing. “Hi Hugo” They chorus back smiling in that knowing way. I wake up in a cold sweat. This has...

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Griddled Prawns with a wild dill pollen aire. Ingredients 21 and 22.

July 3, 2011
By Hugo
Griddled Prawns with a wild dill pollen aire.  Ingredients 21 and 22.

Californian Molecular Gastronomist? Have you heard of ‘Wild Dill Pollen’?  Have you heard of ‘Lecite’? I’m guessing you answered no to at least one of those.  If you answered yes then I guess you’re interested in Molecular Gastronomy and have some connection to California....

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Lavender and Jackfruit Baked Alaska

June 27, 2011
By Hugo
Lavender and Jackfruit Baked Alaska

A Jackfruit Mistake After last week’s shock revelation that I had bought a sweet jackfruit I needed a change in direction from my curry route. Reliving a dream As I walked to work on Monday pondering jackfruit possibilities, the thought of socks and banana...

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Is that a Jackfruit in your carrier bag or are you just pleased to see me?

June 19, 2011
By Hugo
Is that a Jackfruit in your carrier bag or are you just pleased to see me?

Empathetic wincing On Thursday this week a good friend of ours gave birth to their second child.  At the same time I was picking up an 8 kilo jackfruit, wincing. Brick Lane inspiration I had wondered up Brick Lane to find inspiration as to...

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