Jun 04
Vol-au-vents are little puff pastry cases invented in Paris around 1800 by Antonin Carême, known as the the ‘King of Chefs, and the Chef of Kings’. The name literally means ‘blown by the wind’. They have been popular in the UK as canapés and are fairly easy to get a hold of in most supermarkets, …
Jun 03
Though it’s popularity has declined in recent years, a ploughman’s lunch usually consists of crusty bread, a thick piece of proper cheddar cheese, ham, pickle, apple and onions served with beer. It used to be quite a common snack or lunch in pubs around the UK, but the decline of a pint at lunchtime, the …
May 26
I am rarely caught unprepared but on one occasion, procrastination worked out marvellously. A few hours before a pot luck dinner, that I was supposed to supply an appetizer for, I was digging through my freezer wondering what could I possibly throw together. I came up with a bag of frozen peas & a bag …
May 24
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 …
May 21
Fruit Leather, Fruit Roll Ups, Fruit Rolls and Fruit Skin are just a few of the names used for fruit that has been pureed and then dried into a sheet. The difference between what is mass produced, commercially available and what can be made at home is literally the difference between night and day. This …
