 Friday, January 18, 2008 by Jeremy Dore (3 comments)
My children have been conducting a rather interesting experiment over the last two weeks. Each member in the family has decided to regularly try a healthy food that they don’t usually eat. For me it’s raw carrot – I love carrots cooked but eating them raw has been a thing I’ve always associated with rabbits and health-freaks. It therefore came as a bit of a shock when I realised that my children’s favourite healthy snack was just that. So, now I have to rise to the challenge - they are watching in glee as I nibble at a slice with each meal. So can our taste be changed...? Read more...
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Saturday, December 22, 2007 by Jeremy Dore (0 comments)
For many people the highlight of Christmas lunch is a succulent roast turkey or similar meat but for me it has to be the vegetables. OK, so I'm vegan and we have to eat something other than nut roast (which always gets a bad press, usually from people who haven't tried it) but I think there is good reason for veg to take their rightful place in the centre of the table. After all there are so many delightful and inventive ways to cook them and add that extra special touch to your festive meal. Here's my favourites... Read more...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007 by Jeremy Dore (0 comments)
One of my favourite families of vegetable is the multitude of squashes. Not only do squashes look impressive, they are easy to grow, store well and are a great ingredient for home made soup. Yes, I was raised on home-made soups and freshly baked bread and it’s a love affair that never leaves you. When November days are turning dark and damp something deep inside me wants to make thick winter soups. Even now I’ll often opt for the ‘soup of the day’ in a café and it’s great to see so many places reviving the good old tradition of thick freshly made soup with a hunk of bread. So why the connection with squashes? Read more...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007 by Jeremy Dore (0 comments)
A few months ago I received a begging letter from a charity. It was one of those pull-at-the-heartstrings letters that could have come from any charity – African development, house homeless dogs... but this one was asking me to support the promotion of organic growing. Running through it was a regular refrain... “Will you send £20 today? Your gift could help us...” and I have to say that while I’m all for charitable giving such letters turn me cold. One statement though really stood out for me: 'As you and I know, the gardener grows for one thing above all else – taste.' Is that the main reason I grow my own...? Read more...
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