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Name that fish
A visit to Deira fish market in Dubai and how to cook yellowfin seabream. One of my most vivid childhood memories is visiting the fish market in St Peter Port Guernsey where I watched in fascination as...
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Thai fish cakes with spicy cucumber relish
I’ve just spent over an hour looking through scores of photo albums and a big pine chest stuffed full of albums to find some photos from my holiday in Thailand in 1997. I found four but can’t believe...
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Fish for supper
We were all hunter-gatherers until about 10,000 years ago (modern Homosapiens that is). Today I suspect that, for most of us, this is limited to hunting for a car parking space at the supermarket and...
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How to eat crab – with chef Sam Leong
We are in the Ah Chow in Cheltenham’s Albion street circa 1971, the waiter brings canned pineapple juice as our starter from the set menu. Then the main dishes appear including sweet and sour king...
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Cooking salmon in the sink…in my kitchen
In my kitchen this month is….drum-roll…a new sink! Gleaming and shiny; I can’t help a little smile of glee whenever I see it. Over the top reaction you might think, but as a tenant (as expats we rent...
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Waka waka – this time for Africa
Recipe for piri piri prawns (on the barbecue), Tribes restaurant Dubai, South Africa heritage day, and my first taste of tripe! If I say ‘Chinese food’, what do you think of? Spring rolls, sweet and...
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French oysters; a quick guide to choosing, shucking and eating
Oysters can be scary. Their appearance for a start; like a fossil on the outside and something prehistoric on the inside. That’s supposing you can get into them without slicing your finger off in the...
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What happens in a smokehouse and making blinis
Having a tour of a smokehouse might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I’d been badgering Jason of Salmontini for a visit since last November. Partly because of the story behind it – his Dad had started...
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Fabulous fish – learning what to do with it
You know me well enough by now – I struggle to be anything but honest. Try as I might to disguise, my true feelings are always writ large over my face. So at the risk of offending KP I must admit that...
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Cook the week – Swedish fish stew or Fiskgryta
Dropping elder teen at the airport on Friday morning so she could fly back to Uni left me with a heavy heart. Heading straight to the farmers’ market helped lift my spirits and veggie teen was appeased...
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I’ve lived in Dubai for nearly two decades and have welcomed countless visitors over the years. There’s a mind boggling choice of places to eat out but until recent years the only place to try local...
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