Stuart

Interestingly I was a fussy eater until I left home for university and had to cook for myself. Ever since then I was hooked. I love cooking (so much so that my wife doesn't get a chance to cook), experimenting with new techniques, finding out the origin of recipes and most of all looking for new and exotic tastes.

Most commented posts

  1. The secret to making Restaurant Style Curry at home — 79 comments
  2. English and American English Food Terms — 26 comments
  3. What? Madras is not an authentic Indian curry — 23 comments
  4. Whey Bread – A monstrous Ciabatta — 15 comments
  5. Cullen Skink – A fishy tale of Smoked Haddock Chowder — 12 comments

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May 25

Celebrate towel day with a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

Today (25th May 2012) is a very special towel day, i.e. 25 + 5 + 12 = 42 (the answer to life, the universe and everything), so why not celebrate with a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, a cocktail invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox. It is described as the alcoholic equivalent to a mugging, expensive and bad …

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May 25

Sweet empanadas with the last of the peaches

Peach Empanadas

Since I had problems with the masa dough empanadas that I made recently, I looked for an alternative dough to make sweet empanadas to use up the last of the peaches from the recent peach glut. Though these are sweet empanadas, the dough is still savoury, so it could be used for other types of empanadas …

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May 24

Ta-da! Empanadas

Beef Chilli Empanadas

Until I came to the US, I had never seen or tasted an empanada, even they are originally from Spain and Portugal. The name comes from the Spanish word ’empanar’, which means to wrap in bread, but more often they are made from dough. In essence an empanada is a pie (British sense of the …

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May 22

American brewers now influencing British Beer

American brewers now influencing British Beer

The New Beer Frontier (BBC Food Programme) explores how the modern American Craft Brewing industry is now influencing how British brewers are approaching beer. Dan Saladino explores the beginnings of the American beer industry, which was heavily influenced by British beers, and was then  subsequently replaced in the 1850s by German and Czech beer styles …

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May 22

Thai Curry in a Hurry

Thai Curry Ingredients

As I think I’ve said before, I love hot and spicy food, which is strange because growing up in Scotland I never experienced anything hotter than black pepper until I went to university. Once you start to develop a taste for chilli heat, it becomes addictive. Sometimes all I want is the hottest thing on …

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