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Help in the kitchen
(Warning: Mild tech stuff ahead) I thought I’d share with you two things that have helped me a lot in the kitchen: the Paprika Recipe Manager app, and the Plinth stand for tablets or smart phone. Paprika People have been raving about this for a while. I tried it a couple of years back and… — read more
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Italian eating in Kyoto: Il Pappalardo
Il Pappalardo is an excellent local trattoria-style Italian restaurant in Kyoto. You really should go there if you are in Kyoto and want a good Italian pick-me-up. Located towards the southeast of town, on the east bank of the river, it’s about 3 minutes walk from Sanjusangendo (one of my favourite temples) and perhaps 15… — read more
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Wine note: Mâcon Rouge
I bought a few wines from Majestic the other day: * Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits ‘Les Mouchottes’ 2007 Cave des Hautes Côtes — 6 at £59.94 * Mâcon Rouge 2007 Les Vignerons des Grandes Vignes — 4 at £27.96 * Lawson’s Dry Hills Pinot Noir 2008 Marlborough — 1 at £11.99 * Moulin-à-Vent ‘Les Bruyères’… — read more
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Le P’tit Loire
A good Sancerre, from Nicolas. 12% alc. About GBP6.00. Very drinkable and quite interesting. — read more
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Chez Fernand
While in Paris last week, we dined three times at Chez Fernand- 9, rue Christine, 75006; +33 (0)1 43 25 18 55. It’s great — very simple French cooking, almost rustic in style, with lots of good Winter dishes, but tempered by salads and lighter things (fish and seafood) if you feel like them. My boeuf bourguignonne was excellent,… — read more
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Best steak?
Jamie Oliver reckons that rib-eye is the best steak. True? Remember to try. — read more
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Duddleswell cheese
I bought some English cheese today. Good for you, I hear the doubters say, thinking no doubt of Red Leicester or Cheddar. Well, yes, but this was a little different, a beautiful sheep’s cheese from the High Weald Dairy in Sussex, via my local Planet Organic. Duddleswell, our flagship cheese, is a hard pressed dale-type… — read more
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Martini
Wonderfully elegant Martini glasses in Roast. The drinks were pretty good, too, though, Philistine that I no doubt am, I had never heard of Ketel One before. Martini Originally uploaded by Jolyon. — read more
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