John Grimes

Doh! But pastry chef was on a roll

Friday, March 19, 2010

There is something very special about the texture of puff pastry, and most people buy it ready-made as it is quite a job to make it properly

Yet like a lot of the good things in life, puff pastry was invented by pure chance.

A junior chef at a Paris restaurant in...

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Pasta dish could leave you cold

Monday, March 15, 2010

Be careful if you go to Germany and order spaghetti – it could be frozen! For the speciality of a renowned ice-cream maker there is just that...

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Meringue without the slow oven

Friday, March 12, 2010

Ask people what they do with leftover egg whites and most will say: Make meringues. Children love them and meringue can turn an ordinary cake or...

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Will you toast the new Marmite?

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

People love it or hate it – and from this week, they will love it or hate it even more. For an extra-strong version of Marmite, the thick and...

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The answer my friend...

Friday, March 05, 2010

For many, it's a laughing matter. Consider the old joke: How does a man take a bubble bath? He eats beans for dinner. For others, flatulence is a...

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Food for thought

Monday, March 01, 2010

I thought writing a list of common phrases and sayings that include food items would be a piece of cake, but the exercise has been driving me...

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Black in fashion

Friday, February 26, 2010

Someone I knew liked his food "burned until it's black". Which got me wondering about black food. OK, I know black is not supposed to be a true colour...

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Children turn into ant-eaters

Monday, February 22, 2010

Crocodile Dundee did it and so did some of the contestants on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here. But now ordinary children are going to do it at a...

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Shelling out a fortune on cockles

Friday, February 19, 2010

Going barefoot down to the mudflats when the tide was out, armed with little more than a bucket and spade, used to be one of life's great pleasures as...

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Cracking the art of boiling an egg

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

I've heard yet another theory on how to boil eggs without cracking the shell. "Immerse the whole egg in cold water before dropping in boiling water...

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