A beetroot smoothie I concocted in my freezing Glasgow kitchen last winter has just been selected by the Vegetarian Cookery School (@vegcs on Twitter) as one of ten finalists in its Best Veggie Breakfasts competition. This week is National Vegetarian Week (21-27 May) and to celebrate we held a competition to find the Best Vegetarian Breakfast Recipe. The… [Read more…]
December 20, 2011
I’m delighted to have a guest post from award-winning vegan chef Mark Reinfeld, of Vegan Fusion. A culinary wizard, Mark picked up a love of food from his grandfather who was a chef and ice carver. He has co-authored more books than you can shake a carrot at, including the lauded, best-seller Vegan Fusion World… [Read more…]
June 11, 2010
Posted by Cila Warncke Experts say “The Scottish population seems to be living dangerously”. Unfortunately, not in a Aston-driving, sky-diving, lady-killing kinda way, a la favourite son Sean Connery. Instead, risk-taking Scottish style involves scoffing burgers, downing “the equivalent of 46 bottles of vodka each in a year”, smoking furiously and not taking any exercise… [Read more…]
January 9, 2010
A little shameless self-self publicity for my Portland Cooking column. An extra-special Elvis birthday goodie – the peanut butter and fried banana sandwich. Make it, love it, go for a run…. “A classic peanut butter and banana sarnie in honor of Elvis’ 75th Birthday…” Click here for the recipe!
November 21, 2009
Originally published in Mixmag, summer 2009 Ibiza’s 10 best budget restaurants/snack bars/soup kitchens 1. Comidas San Juan, Calle de Montgrí, 8 – Ibiza Tel.: 971 311 603 They don’t take reservations and there’s always a queue. That’s because you can get a hearty meal, with wine, for under €10. Croquettes or calamari are a good… [Read more…]
October 6, 2009
This is a Shaun Hill (of The Glasshouse, Worcester) recipe, from The Crisis Cookbook. It is the easiest, most delicious chocolate cake I’ve encountered and since I don’t have luggage space to drag cookbooks around the globe I take the liberty of posting it here. For full recipe details buy the book! Ingredients: 225g plain… [Read more…]
March 7, 2009
Posted by Cila Warncke I love peanut butter with a greedy, by-the-spoonful-out-of-the-jar passion, so when I spotted Lazy Day Peanut Noodle Salad on my favourite recipe site, 101cookbooks.com I got kind of over-excited. Being in Merida rather than San Francisco meant a few substitutions. Out went soba noodles, asparagus, tofu, sesame oil, rice vinegar and… [Read more…]
May 23, 2012
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