Lunch Log: Week 119
The cherry trees in blossom are gradually fading, but the rapeseed fields are back to the familiar blanket of bright yellow out here – fingers crossed, it’s a normal* Spring! Asparagus is *in*; and as we’re blessed with having a farm growing it walking-distance from the house you can be chomping on some stems that […]
Lunch Log: Week 118
It’s been warm this week, and summer veggies and the smell of BBQ smoke beckon. We got our grubby hands on some pretty good looking eggplant, zucchini and English tomatoes so we completed the combination with capsicum for a ‘lazy’ interpretation of a ratatouille (essentially roasting the veg rather than individual pans). Though a first […]
Lunch Log: Week 117
Here comes the sun – and with it some interesting developments in local(ish) veg. Though I do say that, in retrospect there’s quite a regular supply of meat this week but that’s mainly my habit of rationing it for lunch portions. As with last week, I’ve made a week-long batch of tamagoyaki so it accompanied […]
Lunch Log: Week 116
It’s still considered early on in the year, but one thing has been absolutely unmissable to stock up on since we discovered it is wild garlic. If winter was the quiet boring time on the culinary calendar, once you hear on the grapevine that wild garlic is about then it confirms that the food cycle […]
Lunch Log: Week 115
Recipes nowadays seem far more accessible compared to the past, defined by the same line of those that have heard the sound of a dial-up modem in the same room from those that have had social media accounts before turning 10. If it wasn’t for this ease of accessibility I probably wouldn’t of developed my […]
Lunch Log: Week 114
We had some business in a part of town that I had vague memory of a sign advertising ‘nduja; it was during my first year in the UK when we discovered a stall in Borough Market. The ploy worked: the samples became a purchase and we enjoyed the spreadable spicy pork on artisanal bread. So […]
Lunch Log: Week 113
A better organised week since some of the items were cooked in large batches on the Sunday. Given into a random inclination, Yvan went off to cook his interpretation of a potato dauphinoise; it did not help as a similar dish I’ve encountered in the past had cheese and bacon. As we had picked up […]
Lunch Log: Week 112
It’s a bit of a trudge at work; a co-worker pointed out that it’s another Friday the 13th and we’re still suffering the same curse from last month’s. Though the week started off well given epic curry making had resulted in some leftovers, there wasn’t much inspiration in food produce terms. In the meantime I […]
Lunch Log: Week 111
Brr, it’s been an unusual week – spring is definitely starting to show but the temperatures started off cooler than expected. The fruit & veg shop is eager for a flush of fresh local produce (“gah, some rhubarb please!”) but it seemed like if there were any groundhogs here it would of turned back around […]
Lunch Log: Week 110
Another London interruption (at least this was work related)! Work schedules have been thrown out from people taking leave and this work trade show being so close together, hopefully this won’t impact next month when things appear stable (for now at least). The stir fry on Sunday alongside coconut jasmine rice provided a refreshing change; […]