tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post5643769575935701789..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Balderdash and an Abundance of Broadbeanszmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-17971196926779078682013-01-13T20:49:59.804+01:002013-01-13T20:49:59.804+01:00That's true about Nigel Slater and the potatoe...That's true about Nigel Slater and the potatoes. I can remember reading something in a Slater column or book (I found him while I was searching for recipes) about the inelegant crisped burnt bits being the best bits and I thought, "He's right, why is this the first time I've seen a recipe writer say it and mean it?"Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-83916294319072193682013-01-13T03:06:29.250+01:002013-01-13T03:06:29.250+01:00Re him and Gill and food writing, this interview i...Re him and Gill and food writing, this interview is interesting: http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writingzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-58888917137489668622013-01-13T03:04:44.895+01:002013-01-13T03:04:44.895+01:00That is a genuinely brilliant insight and as I thi...That is a genuinely brilliant insight and as I think Coren may have studied Eng Lit, it's possible he was actually rather clumsily flattering his readership, believing we'd all pick up the refzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-67062006473165589222013-01-12T20:47:59.007+01:002013-01-12T20:47:59.007+01:00A.A. Gill writes for the Times too. I wonder if th...A.A. Gill writes for the Times too. I wonder if there's some sort of extravagant-food-description competition going on behind the scenes somewhere.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-88586070527850409582013-01-11T23:26:39.072+01:002013-01-11T23:26:39.072+01:00"Mustard" and and "Wilfrid Owen&quo..."Mustard" and and "Wilfrid Owen" together suggest "mustard gas". I say, give him a "whiff of the grape".Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com