From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Pasta with zucchini and bacon

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This won’t be on the table quite in the time that it takes to cook the pasta, but with the right equipment it’s a furgeddaboudit sauce that’s quick to assemble in the pan and rewards a bit of slow cooking. The vital bit of kit needed here is a mandoline, one of those blades which [...]

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Gastrocard: Vancouver restaurant reviews

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I’m just back from two weeks travelling in Canada which I absolutely loved – a beautiful country, laid back people and so much to see and do. We started out in Vancouver – gorgeous, green and on a human scale, seeming to merit all its plaudits as the world’s most liveable city. I ate some of [...]

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