As I said previously I planned to use the current restrictions as a time to hone my cooking skills. One cuisine that I've always liked to eat, but never been particularly good at making, is Chinese, so over the past couple of weeks I've been exploring it a little more. My sister gave me her copy of "Chinese Food Made Easy" and I also picked up a copy of Fuschia Dunlop's … [Read more...] about Asian Cooking Experiments Update
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Which Cookbooks?
As I've mentioned a couple of times recently, one of the things I want to work on are my cooking skills. I've got quite a few cookbooks already and I have no need for "general" cookbooks at all, though if somebody thinks that a particular cookbook is a "must have" please let me know. You can never have too many cookbooks! What I am looking for, however, is more specific … [Read more...] about Which Cookbooks?
Some Goals and Promises to Myself
I don't do New Year's resolutions, but I do do goals for lockdowns! The government will impose restrictions of some kind on Ireland that will run until at least March, though later wouldn't surprise me. No matter what "level" they talk about I don't expect much travel, domestic or international, to be permitted over the coming months. And forget about "gatherings". … [Read more...] about Some Goals and Promises to Myself
Cooking Experiments: Escargots
As I explained before, one of the things I wanted to do during the second lockdown was to hone my cooking skills. I also, by extension, wanted to try out things that were a little outside the "norm". I wanted to get further outside my comfort zone. In some cases that meant simply cooking something that I've eaten for years but never made myself. Not so much "exotic" but more of … [Read more...] about Cooking Experiments: Escargots
Cooking and Cocktails
Giving myself a few goals for lockdown 2.0 is one of my ways of dealing with the current situation. On the cocktail front I think I'm doing mostly okay. I've go to sort out better ice cubes (yeah, that really *is* a thing) and I could probably do with a few flavoured bitters and other minor bits and pieces. So far, apart from making several nice cocktails and a few fairly … [Read more...] about Cooking and Cocktails