It was HOT.Like, REALLY HOT.But I LOVED IT! Today however, is a little cooler and wetter. Heat is something I can deal with quite well. And no matter the temperature I rarely sweat or get headaches. I just drink a lot of water and enjoy the breeze with a fan. Reply by email

Inspired by Rachel Roddy over on IG and the gorgeous apricots currently at the greengrocers, a small batch of preserve was on the menu this morning. Apricot preserve, not jam, because it contains only 25% sugar. Rachel pointed out that one can buy packets of pectin designed to confer success on small batches. At the supermarket, I discovered that they come in four distinct varieties, tailored to how much sugar you like in your jam: 2:1, 3:1, and 4:1. That's very appealling because with low…

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got fruit lager, TV ads and AK. We don’t often put product launches in this top slot which we reserve for news but this piece about Brixton Brewery (Heineken) launching a fruit lager highlights a trend: “Flavoured lager is the fastest growing category in the on-trade, delivering 30% volume growth in 2025, and now accounting for more than 2% of all lager sales in the off-trade.” The thing is, we haven’t…

There’s something wonderfully old‑fashioned and comforting about Boston Brown Bread, with its deep molasses richness and hearty whole‑grain texture. These Boston Brown Bread Toaster Cakes/Muffins capture all that nostalgic New England flavour in a quick, modern format you can bake in minutes. No steaming, no fuss — just tender, wholesome little cakes perfect for toasting, and slathering with butter. They’re ideal for breakfast, alongside baked beans, or as a cozy anytime treat that brings warm,…

My favorite bite today was eating salmon nigiri with a bit of grated wasabi and the fish dipped in soy sauce 🍣😋

Back on my bullshit. This guava soda is good, maybe too sweet? But these “New” (new to Japan) Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? Guys, these are not “Flamin’ Hot.” They are barely spicy. Also, they’re not even red! So I guess that is “New.”

I went to a (non-jazz) kissaten for breakfast. Craig Mod made kissaten toast famous and beautiful. Who knew bread could be so aesthetic.

Last month when we visited the Aoyama Coffee Roaster and noticed their signed autograph of Snoopy, one of the store’s customers mentioned that Snoopy fans like to visit both the coffee roaster and a nearby restaurant called Tofu Room Dy’s. We’re not big Snoopy fans by any means, but a little Snoopy pilgrimage sounded like fun and so we decided to check it out. The store is fully vegan, and as the name might suggest, it simply focuses on one thing: tofu. For your main meal, you have two options…

Silvermoon Brewing and McKay Cottage in Bend, Oregon

We’ve been getting weekly deliveries of rhubarb in our weekly produce box. The usual baked crisps we make with strawberries have been a hit, and I even tried making a syrup to mix into sparkling water. But this ice cream really stood out. After a particular delicious cup of rhubarb gelato from SOMA chocolatemaker down the street from my office, I kept thinking about how to recreate it. I found this recipe Extracting the rhubarb flavour is done by making a compote with a bit of sugar, cooking it…

This is a special one – my daughter Mimi joins me in the Instant Noodle Recipe Time at the bottom so don’t miss that. This is slime. When I was a kid, my mother would have given me hell for playing with something like this and asked me what was wrong with me. Nowadays, there are actually gourmet slime shops and you can lay out a hundred bucks on boutique slimes. What is wrong with our world and what is coming next? Anyways, let’;s proceed with caution as this is slime. Hello Kitty Slimygloop…

Editor's Note: I will blog sporadically or not at all until Tuesday, July 7 due to OCON and the upcoming holiday. I will probably continue to post daily on X, however.***Shortly after my son got me to work out a new gumbo recipe (which he indirectly named with his review of my first stab), he got interested in coming up with a family mac-and-cheese recipe. Viewing this as a side dish, I dragged my feet a little, but then two things happened. First, my son developed an interest in cooking,…

The saying ‘this is the coolest summer for the rest of your life’ seems to have stood the test of time. This year certainly ... Continue The post Herbal Drinks For Heatwaves appeared first on Robin Harford from Eatweeds.

A creamy, comforting Macaroni & Cheese Ham Casserole made with tender pasta, rich cheddar sauce, and savoury bites of leftover ham. Easy to make, family‑friendly, and perfect for busy weeknights or using up holiday ham.It’s budget‑friendly, family‑friendly, and wonderfully nostalgic — the grown‑up version of the mac and cheese we all loved, elevated with smoky cubes of ham and honey mustard before baking until irresistibly bubbly. Whether you’re using leftover cooked ham or a simple deli…

After wandering our way around the neighbourhoods of Kuramae, we found ourselves at CROSS COFFEE ROASTERS. I always like finding new coffee roasters, and this one had some great reviews on Google, so we decided to check it out. They serve pour-over coffee, plus espresso and milk-based coffees as well. The entrance to the store had some rules laid out on a signboard - max stay of one hour, no laptops or children allowed. Which feels quite restrictive, but maybe they’ve had some issues in the…

U jednom selu kod Крагујевца živela je velika породица, ali nisu mogli da se slažu jedni sa drugima zbog srpskog писма. Dok su neki više voleli da koriste ћирилицу, drugi su radije koristili латиницу. U цркви je uvek bilo свађе oko toga na kojem писму treba da bude молитвеник, ali to je njihovoj деци baš smetalo jer su oni bili mladi i progresivni. Kad se najstariji син jednom uvukao noću u цркву i zamenio sve литургијске књиге kineskim, pa je zbog toga zbunjivao људе tokom jutarnje литургије,…

Curious what Texans were eating fifty years ago to mark the 200th birthday celebration of the United States, I turned to the Dallas Morning News. The week before the big... Source

Uns anos atrás um bom amigo meu disse que utilizava uma caneta "fantástica", a melhor coisa que ele já tinha usado para escrever. Era uma caneta Rotring tinteira, para a qual infelizmente ele não conseguia mais refil de tinta.Como eu estava nos EUA, templo do capitalismo e de importações europeias, tentei comprar pela Amazon o refil dessa caneta alemã para levar para ele. No entanto, adquiri o item errado: em vez do refil da tinteira (o qual aparentemente não se encontra mais), eu comprei o…

Here’s another one from HongKongFoodies.com! Go check ’em out as they’ve got a treasure trove of hard to find Demae Iccho variants! This one sounds interesting – but what is takana? From what I see it’s giant mustard green and has a peppery flavor. That sounds good – especially in tonkotsu. Let’s give it a go. Nissin Demae Ramen Kyushu Tonkotsu Flavor With Japanese Takana – Hong Kong Detail of the packaging (click to enlarge). Looks to be meat free but check for yourself. To prepare, boil…

So Shawna A. asked her bakery to make a cake just like this one from Pink Cake Box: To make it easier, she even brought in a print-out of this picture. And, since she wanted her cake to say "Welcome Little Monkey" instead of "Happy Birthday," she was sure to cross that bit out. That way, there could be no confusion whatsoever, right? Riiiight. All in favor of banning the edible photo printer for all eternity, say "Oy VEY." I think the "veys" have it, Shawna.*****P.S. Have you seen the shiny…

I dream about being the type of cook who wanders through a farmers market, gets inspired by whatever’s in season, and runs home to make something simple and delicious without consulting a single recipe. The reality is that I am extremely recipe-bound. I shop with a detailed list, rarely impulse-buy, and usually have meals planned weeks, sometimes months, out between recipe development and content planning. And I get full-on decision paralysis at the farmers market when I try to freestyle a…

If you love the ease of a quick bread but crave the tender, fluffy crumb of a homemade biscuit, these Biscuit Muffin Breads are about to become your new favourite little kitchen shortcut. This quick Biscuit Muffin Breads bake up soft, fluffy, and golden in just 30 minutes. A cozy, 6‑ingredient comfort bake you’ll want to make on repeat. There is nothing like accompanying a meal with a delicious morsel of bread on the side. Soups, salad, stews, etc. If you have a roll on the side, the meal…

This new Demerara rum expression from El Dorado follows a previous “high ester” release a couple years ago that paired Diamond Distillery’s intense Diamond High Ester (DHE) marque with a rare LBI marque. This time they’re pairing DHE with what is probably Diamond’s most famous still, the legendary Port Mourant wooden pot still initially put into service in 1732 (yes, almost 300 years). PM is one of my favorite stills as it produces oily, heavy, and pungent rum that in the best of ways tastes…

I recently ventured out to Asakusa to visit Leaves Coffee Roasters. Along with Glitch and Koffee Mameya, these three shops seem to be the trifecta of Tokyo pour over coffee shops commonly recommended on the internet. I mentally prepared myself for the long lines of tourists - but to my pleasant surprise when we showed up about 10 minutes before the store’s opening time, we were only the third group of people lining up. So we easily made it into the store when it opened at 10am. Leaves Coffee…

Recently tried Matsuzakaya They are mainly a butcher shop and are also known for their roast pork and other foodsApparently they have been in business for over 80 years. We tried their sweet sour pork...932 yen (tax included) for 333 gramsThis was delicious, not overly sweet with lots of tender pork pieces and veggies in itand their koumiyaki (spice grilled) chicken...480 yen (tax

Want to know less? This is a full breakdown of my holiday - day-by-day. If you want to just see the highlights, I will post a round-up at the end of this series. Previously # In part 2 we headed to the Korean DMZ for a tour, met a North Korean defector, and learnt lots about the history of South Korea. It was a very serious and sobering day. 10th May: Dressing Up at Gyeongbokgung # But today our destination was a chance to lighten the mood. A holiday palate-cleanser if you will. I had been told…

I wrote at the start of the year about my parlous experience with the British tax and student loan authorities, whilst resulted in me being on the hook for several thousands of pounds in the previous tax year. My goal is to reclaim almost every single penny of that… …but the bastards won’t make it easy. As a reminder: when we last left our intrepid hero (i.e., me), I had three avenues of reclamation ongoing: amending my tax return for 2024–25 UK tax year, where I had overstated my…

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This is a very interesting one and I believe it to be its third iteration. Way back, this was garlic teriyaki and it was a splendid variant – one my wife loved and she’s not the biggest noodle human. Then they came out with a version with a huge drop in sodium – about 35000mg down to 700mg. Then we have this one in the ‘carton’ version. Well, let’s give it a try. Nongshim Yaki Udon Premium Teriyaki Flavor – United States Detail of the packaging (click to enlarge). Contains fish. To prepare,…

Birmingham’s biggest restaurant opening this year is in London. Our biggest culinary export, a two Michelin wielding chef by the name of Aktar Islam, has opened a restaurant in the big smoke called Oudh 1722. And before you think about Aktar’s cooking, get this preposition out of your head; it is nothing like Opheem. They might share the same garam masala recipe, they might use the same customer intel, but that is it. Whilst Opheem is very much a two star restaurant that uses flashes of the…