“Though you fight to stay alive Your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the cheela . . .” I have eaten a great deal of Indian food in my time, but never in its native setting. Perhaps this is why I had never heard of cheela until recently. I…
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Easy meal: pork, pasta and asparagus
Here’s an easy meal to make, which doesn’t even really require a recipe. For the pork, you can cook it in a sous vide, grill, fry pan or by other means. The pasta and mushroom sauce is easy, too. Just make a basic white sauce and add some mushrooms of your favorite type. When still…
Tools of the Trade: Show Me Your Knife
My cooking-buddy and mentor, Emile offered me his carbon-steel chef’s knife. I took one look at the ratty condition and politely declined. He explained that it was different to a stainless steel knife, that carbon-steel looked bad but was harder and kept a better edge longer. I continued my polite refusal and he shrugged in…