Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings…
Posted in Potato, Recipe, basil, black cod, fish, mint, morels, mushroom, mushrooms, mushy peas, peas, white fish on Jun 12th, 2009
We’ve had such a cruddy spring here in NYC and it’s hard to believe the summer solstice is just a week and a half away. Luckily, it’s been chilly and wet during the work week and sunny and warm at the weekends. It doesn’t make you feel that much better, though. You can’t fully [...]
Posted in British, Jewish, Manchester, Portuguese, Recipe, Recipes, ale, batter, beef tallow, beer, butter, capers, chips, crispy, easy, egg, fish, french fries, fried, history, lard, mushy peas, oil, olives, peas, salt, sauce, seafood, side dish, tartar, tradition, travel, vegetables, vinegar on Oct 31st, 2008
Happy Hallowe’en, WANF readers! Instead of posting shots of us dressed up in costume as the tastiest parts of a pig’s anatomy, we’re celebrating All Soul’s Day and the arrival of a much-needed weekend with a classic Friday night dish from the British Isles (where in truth, Hallowe’en has never really caught on in the [...]
Posted in British, England, Garlic, Recipe, Recipes, bisto, butter, easy, egg, entertainment, flour, gravy, kale, milk, mushy peas, onions, sausage, toad in the hole, tradition on Jan 28th, 2008
In his extremely witty book, French Lessons, Peter Mayle attends the annual Fete de Grenouilles (Festival of Frogs-Legs) in Vittel, France, and describes an instance at the festival banquet in which the, perhaps, unusual French habit of eating frogs was turned on its head by a fellow festival attendee when she asked him, shuddering, if [...]
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