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Into the comfort zone for this week’s supper club
For this week’s Supper Club it’s time to hunker down with some hearty and wholesome comfort food to get us through the dark days of winter. The honey infused custard has just had crystalised ginger, ginger juice and a healthy shot of rum added to it and is churning into ice cream as i type. [...]
Hot Stuff
Today we received a kilo or so of jalapeno chilli peppers that had just been harvested at the Green Valley Centre in Abercynon. We already use jalapenos in their smoked and dried form (chipoltle) in our black bean chilli and in our chilli tomato relish so i thought it would be nice to make a [...]
A celebration of squash
Back in the dark ages of British food pumpkins were just something to hollow out for lanterns at halloween, only using the pulp for pumpkin pie if you were feeling a bit adventurous. Then came the butternut squash revolution: suddenly it seemed like every vegetarian option had to use this exotic seeming vegetable. Now, thanks [...]
Harvest Supper Club
Last weekend i was in Pembrokeshire for a couple of nights and, always thinking of food, managed to make the best of the hedgerows and woods by picking blackberries, apples and pears that were really flourishing in the sunny micro-climate down there. (When i was growing up this would have been called scrumping or even [...]
Pictures from Life Of Spice Supper Club
Another milgi supper club has been and gone. Here’s some of what you missed: Sechuan pepper breadsticks (courtesy of the talented local baker Geraint ) Cauliflower and cous cous salad with saffron Pear salad with plum and anise dressing The next supper club date for your diary is thursday 29th September when we’ll be [...]
