Peperonata 40 years on I have constantly been inspired throughout my food career by the likes of Elizabeth David, Jane Grigson and Robert Carrier – they were the true pioneers of Mediterranean cooking, the first to promote the wondrous rainbow of vegetables and fruit that is available in that neck of the woods. My library […]
A Potentially Guilt-free Rice? Science to the Rescue! Rice is a perennial favorite of many a cook. It’s amazingly adaptable and quite affordable. However, it’s also starch-heavy and that is bad news for many people. Eating white rice, especially, is linked to a higher risk of diabetes. Well, that’s not particularly appetizing, is it? It’s […]
Easter Lamb with Honey and Spices There is nothing quite like roast lamb, a favourite dish for Sunday roast and so adaptable to other flavours, such as herbs and spices, or scented jus or gravy. Lamb is treated very differently throughout the world, with English lamb tending to be cooked quite plainly with standard mint […]
Holy Grail Beet Burger Euan is the very definition of the enthusiastic amateur experimenter in the kitchen. He sees cookbook directions as more a sort of rough direction than something to follow to the letter. He’s also not interested in cooking any meal that takes more than fifteen minutes to make. Life’s too short for that kind […]
Fast and friendly gluten-free breakfast bread Today I have a wonderful post and gulten-free bread recipe to share with you courtesy of new Live To Eat guest blogger Jay Belle Isle, Jay W. Belle Isle is a long-time foodie who had his first subscription to Bon Appétit before his first driver’s license. When not in […]
Drinking or philosophizing Today’s post comes from guest blogger Victoria Klavdich, Victoria will be taking us through the question of drinking or philosophizing with wine. Wine culture was a mystery that I managed to unravel one day. Working for a French wine lover showed another world where wine is not a drink, it’s a “nectar” […]
Balbacua: A Native Recipe to Turn Oxtail into a unique Comfort Food This weeks guest post comes from Jan H, Jan is a Freelance Writer and a Home Cook who loves to write, and cook for his family (but not necessarily at the same time). He dedicates his first food article to his beautiful daughter […]
Mackerel I love cooking with Mackerel, it is rich in oil, its flesh is firm making it a nutritious fish that is packed with omega-3 fatty acids. A quick guide to purchasing Mackerel: Typically, fresh mackerel is sold in fillets but you can buy it whole, July is their peak season. When you buy mackerel […]
Live To Eat Verjuice Verjuice is one of those special secrets of cooking. Having grown up in Adelaide Australia I was blessed with regular visits to the Barossa Valley vineyards and found verjuice for sale at one of the many winery cellar doors. Since then I have worked on incorporating it into my cooking as […]
The Sour Grape I was recently asked by one of my cookery contacts if it was possible to use verjuice in an alcoholic cocktail. This got me thinking, I had used verjuice many times in spritzers and mocktails but never in a cocktail. Knowing that verjuice worked very well with citrus flavours I set out […]
