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Why Havana Belongs at the Top of Your 2020 Bucket List

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Why Havana Belongs at the Top of Your 2020 Bucket List

Let Janice Nieder take you through wild nights and wonderous days in Havana, Cuba and youll realize why a visit to the island needs to go on your bucket list. Taxi anyone??? Full disclosure: I was only mildly excited about my first visit to Cuba. I think it was because most of the pictures Ive seen were filled with swarms of Americans jumping cruise ships for the day, trying to look cool while leaning on a classic car, or puffing away on cigars while sporting a Fidel t-shirt, which all seemed a little tacky to me. Plus, as a foodie,...


Complex Thai-Style Cured Salmon

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Complex Thai-Style Cured Salmon

Heres a little adventure into the worlds of Thai flavours and video. I will be smoking some salmon over the coming couple of weeks and while I was thinking about doing something different, I thought doing something with a bit of Thai flavour might be fun. I took the trouble to shoot a bit of footage to show the process. I have been utilising video in my business over the past few months and thought that I might apply it here on the blog too. For the record, shooting video is far more complex than shooting stills. There is a...


Boxty Colcannon Pancakes

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Boxty Colcannon Pancakes

By Donal Skehan Celebrity Chef More from Kitchen Hero: Great Food for Less Boxty potato pancakes are a traditionally Irish recipe and they come with a great little rhyme that we were taught when growing up: Boxty on the griddle, boxty on the pan, if you cant bake boxty, sure youll never get a man. The traditional recipe varies from region to region, but they all use grated raw potato. This is the version that my family makes and they are great with a full Irish breakfast, or I also serve them with pan-fried mackerel and a light salad. Ingredients...


Homemade Pork Rind Chips

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Homemade Pork Rind Chips

These super crunchy pork rind chips are great for snacking! They're salty, delicious, and zero carb! The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you! So this recipe took me a little while to figure out. I was trying to make light and puffy chicharrones but without deep frying. After trying various methods (everything from low and slow in the oven to hot and fast!), I figured that it wasn't possible. What you could make, however, deliciously salty and...


Lent podcast episode 1: Collops & Pancakes

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Lent podcast episode 1: Collops & Pancakes

Welcome to my first episode all about the history of Lent in Britain. There will be a new episode every Sunday throughout Lent, and over the weeks we will be looking at it from every direction possible. Im having great fun making it and it has been amazing to get help and support from Beena Khetani at the amazing Sonder Radio. A huge thanks to David Walker, Bishop of Manchester for giving up his time to talk to me, and to my pals Kate and Pete for letting me take over their kitchen. Most of all, thanks to you for...