Today I have a big honour and pleasure to guest post for my friend Charles from Five Euro Food. I strongly encourage you to pay…
Every year, especially when the busiest pantry-filling season arrives, I try to limit jars-related posts in case some of you, my dear readers, become totally…
Kyuri no kyu chan (きゅうりのキューちゃん) is brand name of extremely popular Japanese cucumber pickles. I’m always thrilled at the idea of reproducing a famous factory made…
These are by far the most extraordinary pickles I know. I have been preparing them for long years and always in several big batches because…
This week something unusual has happened. I prepared a dish posted by a blogger a long time ago only to see the same person post…
I have started to cook Sichuanese. I mean the real Sichuanese cuisine, because as soon as I opened Fuchsia Dunlop’s “Sichuan Cookery” I realised that…
A very funny thing happened to me about a week ago (my Asian friends will laugh their socks off now!). I went to my Asian…
I am impatiently waiting for the peak preserving season which starts some time next month. In the meantime, since mangoes seem to be already in…
Savoury cakes (called “breads” by many people) are one of my favourite party snacks. They are easy to prepare, do not require any complicated stages…