Let’s start this week with my favourite kind of dish: easy, quick and delicious. Let’s start with a salad of sorts, filled with wholesome and earthy wild rice, fresh vegetables and fruit and a simple sweet and sour vinaigrette. [READ MORE]
40ft Brewery
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First I met the Irish, Steve (founder of Root & Bone), then one of the Swedes, Andreas. They’re both photographers, working at the large Dalston studio where Mike often spends the better part of his day (and night). Both are funny, sweet and polite and, as I find out soon after, they’re also making their own beer. How awesome is that? Since I’d never met any beer makers before, I naturally wanted to know more. [READ MORE]
Beer & cheese baked nachos
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Baked nachos is one of my favourite things in the world. Yours too? Hi, nice to meet you.
Tortilla chips are grand, melted cheese is king- and the two combined is one of this things dreams are made of. My first encounter with them was at a movie theater. I’m usually a pop corn kinda gal, but once I tried nachos, I was fell in love with the crispy, crunchy chips, the non-descrip orange cheesy substance poured all over them and messiness of it all. [READ MORE]
Goat cheese, gruyère & orzo stuffed pumpkin
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Beware people, pumpkin craziness season is upon us! All sizes, all colours and shapes, some ridiculously overprices, but all so lovely, pumpkins are currently les belles of the ball. You really can’t escape them- but honestly, why would you want to? Sweet in taste and with such deep autumn-y colours, they stand out both as decorations but also as part of so many dishes, sweet and savoury as well. [READ MORE]
How to put together the perfect fall cheese platter
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My love for cheese and entertaining people at home has been well-documented here (especially the cheesy part). Understandably, I consider putting together the perfect fall cheese platter essential (and so much fun!) for a relaxed lunch or dinner at home. I love cheese. All kinds, all textures, all smells. What I love even more, is sharing it with others. Well, that’s not entirely true. I’m up for sharing if there’s enough cheese available. Let me give an example: one of the biggest fights I’ve ever had with Mike was because of a big chunk of cheese; I’d chosen it carefully and was keeping in the fridge, guarding it like a dragon; one day I came back from work late to discover that most of my precious had been hacked away and consumed by him and one of his friends. Not quite a deal breaker, but close. So, to recap, sharing cheese I love, as long as there’s plenty of it, purposely purchased for sharing. [READ MORE]
Halloween Bat Cookies with Chocolate, Coffee & Sea salt
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I’m crazy about Halloween; seriously, it’s the holiday I mostly look forward to, with Christmas being a close second. Even though I didn’t grow up celebrating it, once I moved to London, I was hooked. I think the reasons behind it are quite simple: I absolutely love dressing up (I almost always go for a gory theme- which is kind of the point, I think) and spookily decorating the house. I love watching moderately scary movies (as much as I hate to admit it, I’m such a big woosh- I only managed to watch all Scream films last year) and, my favourite, enthusiastically carving pumpkins of all sizes. At the same time, I really like the idea of honouring the dead. No matter how commercial Halloween is, for me, that’s the core of the whole celebration and the main reason I’m behind it. [READ MORE]
7 totally nuts ideas for the tastiest nut recipes
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7 tasty nut recipes from The Tasty Other, filled with all their goodness. I think I first fell in love with nuts in my very early twenties. We always had them around the house. But where I most enjoyed them was at my father’s office, when he’d have me over for one of our talks. [READ MORE]
Refreshing pear, lime & mint water
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I know, I know. This weather calls for soups and hearty dishes and our days require heaps of delicious desserts, right? So right. But since the season has so many pretty and delicious vegetables and fruits to offer, we’ll also want to incorporate these as well all in our everyday meals and savour as much as possible, right? Right again. [READ MORE]
Parmesan, nigella & mustard seed biscuits
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Soon after I moved to London, I discovered scones. Once I did, I celebrated this discovery by religiously consuming a scone once a week, every Saturday morning right before work. I was hooked: rich, not too sweet, crumbly and buttery, scones were pretty much the sole reason I was only moderately miserable having to wake up early of a freaking Saturday. [READ MORE]
Broccoli, apple, shallot & stilton soup
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Wednesday was all about the little bits and bobs that’ll help us embrace fall. Now that we have that part all figured out, it’s time for more comfort, more fall love. And what better way to give and receive love than through food? (There are some other ways, sure, but let’s stick to cooking here). [READ MORE]