Cooking in Theory and Practice
Observations on the Arcana of the Culinary World
My Love Affair with Mabel Claire
So, who was Mabel Claire? How could someone whose cookbooks seem ubiquitous in the 1930s be so lost from history?
Olde Family Recipe
Take fayre brede of whete, y-baken of the same day if it may be, and y-sliced evene as a squyre’s othe.
Take thenne buttere of penenotes, grounde passing smothe, and warme it a litel by the fyre till it be of a gentil disposition. If it be rebel and over-thikke, chastyse it with a drope of oyle or hony til it obey.
I Swear to Cod
It is the time of the year when the Fish Fry reigns supreme. I am not a fan.
It’s not that I hate the fry — I just don’t worship it as a true child of Buffalo should. But then, I am not a child of Buffalo. It may be as simple as having had so many that were just bad. You have probably had the same.
Entr’acte
Most of one’s life is an entr’acte,’ said Gumbril. – Aldous Huxley October 20, 2022 – April 14, 2024. 542 Earth days or 1.48 years.
Twenty Years (10 years later)
Only a man who’s been burned knows what hell is truly like – Sandor Clegane Twenty years ago today, I almost died. I came home
A Flock of Seagulls
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea – Eric Cantona. Being the first
