mulled cranberry and orange relish

mulled cranberry and orange relish I love the way that recipes can be passed along generations, and across continents and cultures. A few ye...

korean-style radish and chilli pickle

korean-style radish and chilli pickle I love Asian pickles and I don't think there's much that can't be improved by a little j...

kaya toast: a weird but wonderful breakfast of champions!

kaya toast with soy eggs It's not really weird, although it might sound a bit odd to English tastes. It's a Singapore-Malaysian thin...

sambal belacan

sambal belacan I have mentioned before my love of sambal , a spicy chilli condiment hailing from Malaysia and Indonesia. In the past year or...

christmas mincemeat: and a secret ingredient . . .

Christmas mincemeat 2014 I am curious about how this year's batch of mincemeat will turn out as I've added a "secret" ingr...

basic thai red curry paste

a basic Thai red curry paste While Thai red curry paste seems to be a universal of chilli-spiced Thai pastes, there are actually several di...

homemade peanut butter

peanut butter A few weeks ago a friend came to stay for the weekend. Normally I try to have a few things in that I know that my guests will ...

spiced pickled beetroot

a piece of pickled beetroot surrounded by pickling spices I have mentioned before that my early horror of beetroot was caused by my late fa...