The Best Breadslicer… or Anything Slicer
I recently had to buy a new bread slicer.... well, in fact it's not a dedicated slicer of bread, it can slice anything - ham, salami etc... but primarily I use ...
kitchen equipment
The Spiraliser – The Latest Must-not-have Gadget And What To Get Instead
A good friend who frequently comes for dinner was recently invited to a very exclusive health spa by a generous relative. The spa was of the medical type (as op...
The Best Salad Spinner
For my sins I am involved in fitting out kitchens for rental properties. Everything gets some pretty hard wear and one of the first things to go is the salad sp...
The Spoon Which Makes It Worth Overcoming Your Nostalgia For Wood
I love my wooden spoons – the discolourations, the nicks, the scratches all represent one event or another – they have the warm patina of age, the comfort of ol...
How To Poach An Egg
"Take eggs and break them in scalding hot water and when they are sufficiently cooked take them out."
A Forme of Cury, 14th century
Simple eh? There...
What Is The Difference Between Soy Sauce And Tamari Sauce? And Why Quality, And Not Quantity, Is Important For Both
In this post:what is the difference between soy and tamari sauce - short answer
brewed soy sauce
blended soy sauce
Tamari sauce
which soy sauc...
Kill Two… Or Three…Or More Christmas Birds With One Spatula! Christmas Present Problems Solved At A Stroke
Out of all my friends I only have one who never even enters her kitchen. All the rest make frequent use of it. And even those (or perhaps especially those) who ...
Wedding Cake Supplier, Laura Hasson, on Cup Cakes
This month's guru is Laura Hasson - founder of Meadow Cottage Bakery and lover of cake - who gives us her learnt-from-long-experience baking tips and simpl...
How To Cook The Best Ever Baked Potatoes In Their Jackets
"Meanwhile we have the great alternative, the British baked potato.... what on earth would 'baked potatoes' be in Italian? We will never run out of th...
Thermal Coffee Pots
My experience of thermal coffee pots!Thermal is always best for me as I easily get sidetracked and my coffee is always going cold. The best thermal cafetiere ...