People eat with more than just their mouth, and to fill more than just their stomach. Or, if they do not, I would ask myself why do they not, for it is for a reason that the words “to feast one’s eyes” are a common idiom even today. There is a reason why opulent cooking shows are far more popular today than can be accounted … Continue reading Food Is Beautiful
I haven’t yet met anyone who didn’t like dried ham. In its many permutations – Prosciutto di Parma, Jamón Serrano and Jamón ibérico, or any variety of Speck – dried ham is probably the most favoured cured pork product around. And if I am wrong, then feel free to correct me, but it certainly is one of my and my friends’ favorites (a good pancetta does … Continue reading Dry-Cured Ham And Cantaloupe Salad
If you are reading this blog in a tense diet-rules-ridden worry about healthy eating and weight loss (I am all for the former for all – and for the latter, for the people who need it only), I have one word for you: relax. There is nothing more likely to cause you stomach ulcers than stress – and getting those stressing over food issues is … Continue reading All Measures Are Approximate (All Butter Is Real)
Oh bacon, thee maketh my heart gladder. Thee maketh my stews heartier and my soups flavourful, and you impart thy divine fragrance to the chicken or the beef – or the greens of the field among which I place thee. Truly, for all the savoury dishes, thy glory shall be great! So yes. I love bacon. In fact, I don’t think I know anyone (save … Continue reading An Ode To Bacon
Eat The Roses 