It is mid October and given the climate we had this year in the UK, this means that vegetable growers are harvesting tomatoes right now, hurrah!
If you have a glut of tomatoes, you can a) buy the tomato book and get recipes to make chutneys, salsas and ketchups or b) work with them as they [...]
… it is Christmas nineteen-eighty-something, and I am a baby student discovering the world. I met my friend Susana at university, she is part of a large clan of 8 children and she is a busy cook, especially at Christmas. From her mother’s kitchen she bakes and bakes and bakes lots of goodies that [...]
… today I had to finely chop 40 onions… and that is just the beginning! Fiestasofia is taking part in the Chili Fiesta at West Dean Gardens, a gorgeous place near Chichester. This event attracts all the best of chili fans in the UK. Prompted by Dodie I am going to sell lots of [...]
More than talking about avocado science here, I would like to touch on some safety issues referring to handling such a yummy -yet slippery fruit. I have heard of so many near fatal incidents involving avocados, that it seems to me they have more in common with banana skins than the etylene gas that they [...]
I was making guacamole today. As it is customary in these northern parts -London in particular, one can get avocados very easily, all supermarkets and most small shops stock them nowadays; however they stock them in a shape that is never seen in Mexican ‘mercados’, that is in the shape of a rock. If you [...]