{Guest Post} Nadav’s pleasure soup
I’ve been thinking of enlisting the culinary wiles of my talented friends for a while now, and I am very pleased to present to you the first ever guest post on Green and… Read More →
View ArticlePrashad’s mattar paneer
This is one of those vegetarian Indian dishes I’ve always adored but had no clue how to make. When I tried to describe it to Sophie, she looked at me askance – and… Read More →
View ArticleLeftover apples cake
I think we all know by now that I hate food waste. Make that HATE. I won’t prattle endlessly on here about why (athough you can check out this post if you really… Read More →
View ArticleBeef dhansak
A few weeks ago, after an evening’s star gazing at Oxford University’s Physics Department (I know, I’m super cool), some friends and I went out for dinner. After much wandering the cold, rain-slick…...
View ArticlePersian yoghurt soup
Since my lovely friend Leila made me an amazing Persian dinner a few months ago, I’ve had a growing fascination with Persian food. In my search for simple Persian dishes to cook, I… Read More →
View ArticleCarb loading
(Or why I’ve not been blogging very much lately) Yesterday morning I ran 13.1 miles backwards and forwards along the Brighton seafront in the glorious February sunshine. I was running the Brighton...
View ArticleWhy the horsemeat scandal should be keeping you awake at night
(Clue: it’s nothing to do with horses) When I first heard about the now-infamous horsemeat scandal, my first thought was ‘well, no-one thought it was prime meat anyway, right?’ My second thought was…...
View ArticlePeanut butter chocolate brownies
Writing this is torture. I’ve given up chocolate for Lent, something I haven’t done in years. I’m sure it’s doing me lots of good, but it’s really bloody hard. So now I have… Read More →
View ArticleLily’s super noodles
I heart Super Noodles. There. I’ve said it. Instant noodles, Super Noodles, 2-minute noodles. Whatever you call them in your part of the world, I love them. Those one portion packets of ramen… Read More →
View ArticleButterbean stew
I feel a bit guilty about all the meaty recipes I’ve been posting of late, so here’s a bit of very tasty recompense: butterbean stew. It’s a bit like Turkish kuru fasulye or… Read More →
View ArticleFocaccia
My quest to learn how to make bread continues with a simple focaccia. When I lived in Parbatipur, fresh bread (along with chocolate and cheese) was one of the things I missed more… Read More →
View ArticleMenemen
The day before I ran the Brighton Half Marathon, the carb-loading nearly pushed me over the edge. In order to avoid carb-induced meltdown, I whipped up a quick dish of peppers and eggs,… Read More →
View ArticleMangoes, pig’s face and BJs: chowing down on a slice of the Philippines
I meant to write a going away blog before I actually went away, but got struck down with a terrible cold two days before I left, so ‘blogging’ got shunted down the list… Read More →
View ArticleFilipino food: the fast and not so fast
My first food impressions of the Philippines were not great. On the congested and seemingly interminable journey from the airport to Quezon City (where Oxfam has its offices), you’re assaulted by...
View ArticleOat, hazelnut and chocolate chip cookies
I’m in Pembrokeshire at the moment on our annual Easter holiday. After a childhood spent on wet campsites around Europe and North America, this is one of my favourite family traditions. Every year,…...
View ArticleRhubarb and custard pavlova
When I got back from a month in the Philippines a couple of weeks ago, I was craving something typically English to eat. Not a Sunday roast or fish and chips (which, frankly,… Read More →
View ArticleStuffed courgettes in yoghurt
This was the first part of my Eastern Mediterranean feast on Saturday. Inspired by an Ottolenghi recipe my mum saved me from Waitrose magazine, I adapted it to make this vegetarian dish. Rather… Read...
View ArticleAn Eastern Mediterranean feast: three things I’ve always wanted to try
It’s my last weekend in Oxford for a while, so Sophie and I decided to have some friends round for dinner last night. I decided to try out some new recipes I’ve been… Read More →
View ArticleLamb stewed with plums
This was the other dish that I cooked as part of my Eastern Mediterranean feast on Saturday. Fruit and meat might seem like a weird combination on the face of it – I… Read More →
View ArticleLentil, sweet potato and carrot soup
Merçimek çorbası, or lentil soup, is a classic Turkish dish that’s usually eaten as a starter before a more substantial main course. I really want to learn how M’s sister-in-law makes her merçimek…...
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