Posted in British, Jewish, Manchester, Portuguese, Recipe, Recipes, ale, batter, beef tallow, beer, butter, capers, chips, crispy, easy, egg, fish, food, 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 […]
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Posted in British, England, Food Commentary, Pub, alcohol, beer, chips, crisps, crispy, flavor, flavour, food, fried, salt, vinegar on Sep 25th, 2008
Those of you who have watched or read Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, will be familiar with the idea of top fives. In the movie, the main character (played by John Cusack) is a record shop owner, who spends most of the movie revisiting the demise of his past relationships, and in so doing, constantly re-imagines […]
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Posted in Europe, Genoa, Genovese, Italian, Italy, Recipe, Recipes, appetizer, batter, broiled, chick peas, chickpeas, easy meal, flour, lower fat, pine nuts, rosemary, sage, salad, salt, savory, street food, travel, vegetables, vegetarian, vinaigrette on Jul 30th, 2008
The Italian region of Liguria is famous for its dramatic landscape of mountains plunging into crystal clear waters, and narrow terraced fields leading down to tiny, colorful villages precipitously perched on the edges of cliffs of which the Cinque Terre (five lands) of Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore in La Spezia province […]
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Posted in Italian, Italy, Recipe, Steak, Tuscan, baking, butter, cream, easy, egg, food, hearty, pepper, salt, side dish, spinach, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian on Jun 15th, 2008
On almost every diner breakfast menu in the United States you’ll find eggs florentine - a breakfast dish of poached eggs over wilted spinach sitting on half a toasted English muffin (we’ll get into the Englishness of English muffins at another time) and dressed with a hollandaise or bechamel sauce. What makes them Florentine or […]
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Posted in Puerto Rican, Recipe, Recipes, Steven Raichlen, adobo, barbecue, chicken, crispy, easy meal, eating, food, grilled, grilling, healthy, important details, lemon, oregano, poultry, salt, savory, skin, spices, technique, television show on Apr 4th, 2008
So, rather like the DJ I never was, but always secretly thought I could be if I could just get my hands on 1,000 records, 2 gold Technics 1200s, and 5 years to practice in my bedroom, I’m starting this post, or jam, if you will, by giving a series of shout outs. The first […]
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