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Duck Fat our Taste and Health

Arthur Huxley - 20-12-2024

Spice Road - Best Natural Seasonings and Spices for your Recipes

The note from Reader Ken Bromley was fairly direct. It seems to me, he said, that you guys have covered olive oil and butter. You have discussed Lard in our cooking and you have recommended we do all our frying in Ghee.

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Fenugreek - a chefs view

Arthur Huxley - 12-11-2024

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Reader (Chef) Rebecca Fiorelli has been following our Sunday chats on secret flavour weapons in the kitchen and suggested we might mention Fenugreek.

You might know Fenugreek as a herb usually found in dishes from the Indian sub continent. But as Rebecca points out, it is capable of transforming more traditional dishes. Think of Fenugreek with mashed potatoes. Awesome !

A Warning

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Anchovies and your fifth Umami taste

Arthur Huxley - 18-10-2024

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You can see why Anchovies appeal to the Italian Sicilians. Anchovies have been described as having a mysterious complexity. It rather fits these wonderful Island people, you would think.

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Flavour without Herbs and Spices

Arthur Huxley - 11-09-2024

Spice Road Spices - Easy Mid Week Natural Flavour Recipes

Reflecting on our recent Sunday morning chats, it would seem we sometimes forget that the special flavour in our cooking comes from more than Herbs and Spices.

The flavour alternatives are obvious. Consider a true chicken or vegetable stock or even better, a beef stock from bone marrow or a red wine, butter and beef stock jus for your steaks. All true ambassadors of wonderful flavour for your kitchen.

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Olive Oil - The First Essential

Arthur Huxley - 08-08-2024

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It was late 2021 when we first discussed the importance of olive oil. We said at the time that olive oil often appeared in a recipe without any real acknowledgement of the critical importance olive oil provides in the Art of Flavour.

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Thoughts on Carameliesed Onions

Arthur Huxley - 03-06-2024

Spice Road Spices - Easy Mid Week Natural Flavour Recipes

It's a bit like our recent Sunday chat about Citrus. Whenever you open a recipe there it is. Some form of citrus.

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Appreciating a Side Dish in your Kitchen

Arthur Huxley - 03-05-2024

Easy Recipes - and Natural Spice Stories from The Art of Flavour Post

It is always nice to lead into these Sunday chats with a note from a member. In this case a nice phone call with Trevor N. Port Macquarie NSW.

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The wonder of Ghee, Olive Oil and Butter

Arthur Huxley - 12-04-2024

Easy Recipes and natural Spice Stories from the Sunday Art of Flavour Post.

When we concluded our short piece on cooking with Lard we promised promise to look at Olive Oil and Ghee when building the first stage of flavour in a recipe. Reflecting on this, we thought it might be useful to include butter in the discussion.

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Sage - A forgotten Spice

Arthur Huxley - 03-04-2024

Spice Road Spices Easy Recipes from the Sunday Art of Flavour Post.

From time to time we get to chat about spices that seem to be forgotten in the flurry of new recipes.

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Natural Chicken Seasoning for favourite recipe

Arthur Huxley - 12-03-2024

Easy Recipes and natural Spice Stories from the Sunday Art of Flavour Post.

The Art of Flavour. Gently spicy Chicken Seasoning, beautifully balanced to use as a Marinade, Rub or with the Seasoning, added to a favourite Stir Fry or Casserole supporting the natural chicken flavours in your dish without artificial flavours or preservatives.

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