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Cooking Tips

Fish can be a tricky one. There are a lot of ways to get it wrong and you’re worried that it’s not that manly a thing to be cooking in the first place. I’m not really an expert (but then I’m not really an expert in any areas of cooking except roast potatoes), but I’m going [...]

Cooking Tips

So I have this theory. In most walks of life there are some people who are dramatically better than others – the genius, the pro sportsman, the taxidermist (wait, what?). In the world of cooking, however, the pro chef is just like you and I, it’s just that he’s learnt a few tricks along the way [...]

Cooking Tips

I managed to burn my toast this morning. That’s how good a cook I actually am. I have now started this cooking blog and yet I still screw up things like toast. All I wanted to do was stick the toaster back on for 30 seconds or so to get it nice and “toasty” but of [...]

Cooking Tips

Of course there are times when I don’t much feel like cooking. It can be a chore, but I have found there are a few things that get my creative juices flowing (so to speak) and make it feel fun again: Chopping is one of those menial tasks that are delegated in ‘proper kitchens’, but can [...]

Cooking Potatoes

How to Cook Perfect Roast Potatoes – Almost a Recipe

Posted on 15 February 2009

I consider roast potatoes the pinnacle of mankind’s achievements. If any kind of food deserves a recipe, it is roast potatoes. So despite the title of this blog and my ravings against the need for recipes, I unashamedly present my roast potato recipe (pictures taken during my recent adventures with roast chicken kindly supplied by [...] Continue Reading

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Cooking Meat

How to Cook the Perfect Roast Chicken without Recipes

Posted on 15 February 2009

I was recently very excited to get an offer from Abel and Cole (who deliver organic fruit to us at work every week) of a free range chicken. They’d read about my nascent blog here and wanted to send me a chicken to roast. I have included some pictures below (along with some pictures of [...] Continue Reading

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Drinks

Little Known Ways to Use Alcohol in Cooking

Posted on 25 January 2009

Alcohol has long been a cook's best friend; you will want to console yourself with a drop or two when you're stuck in the kitchen and your guests are merrily playing strip poker (what? That's not how your dinner parties pan out?). Continue Reading

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