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Lemon Juice V Lemon Zest

Arthur Huxley - 06-03-2018

It might be obvious but just for the record, lemon juice is from the inside of the lemon and really, offers not much more than a citrusy tart liquid.

By contrast Lemon Zest is the lemon skin grated directly from the lemon and offers a lovely scent and positive flavour without being liquidy.

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Food Ramblings - Fennel, the sometimes forgotten Spice

Arthur Huxley - 28-07-2017

Fennel - bulb and seeds

If you have enjoyed Absinthe, then the next morning, and depending on the night before, so to speak, you may not wish to discuss Fennel !

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Essential Stock - with a little cheating !

Arthur Huxley - 15-07-2017

Ok. We all understand that the basis for your special beef casserole, chicken ragout, sauce or soup is a good stock. It is the blank canvas from which you can build wonderful flavours from your own creativity. And in the end, provide the "flavour" background for your finished dish.

All good and understood - the principle is perfect and ageless and as our great Chefs will explain, very necessary.

But do you, busy Home Chef and Spice Roads Subscriber have 7 - 8 hours to scrub and blanch the bones, then endlessly skimming the barely simmering liquid, adding the vegetables after 5 hours, removing the developing scum from the top and finally sieving the thing to remove the tinniest bits until the stock is crystal clear, so as not to cloud your dish or show any greasiness.

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Four Essential Vinegars for Home Chefs - Apple Cider Vinegar

Arthur Huxley - 30-05-2017

Part 3 Apple Cider Vinegar

Cue the Coleslaw and Pork Chops !

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Four Essential Vinegars for Home Chef's - Balsamic

Arthur Huxley - 26-05-2017

Part 2 Balsamic Vinegar

Balsamic vinegar is not so much the opposite of Sherry Vinegar but rather, in culinary terms, the alternative.

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Four Essential Vinegars for Home Chef's - Sherry Vinegar

Arthur Huxley - 23-04-2017

Part 1 Sherry Vinegar

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Five Pillars Of Pepper - Part 4

Arthur Huxley - 04-04-2017

Kampot Pepper, Cambodia

Another absolute classic in our Five Pepper series. And our friends who import and market Kampot pepper in Australia will tell you that of the world's great peppers, Kampot pepper is the best. They may well be correct.

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Five Pillars Of Pepper - Part 3

Arthur Huxley - 02-03-2017

Tellicherry Pepper - India

Much like Indonesian Lampong pepper and the wonderful Kampot pepper from Cambodia, Tellicherry pepper is solely based on a particular region and within that region terroir - the particular effect of farm site, climate and soil.

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Five Pillars of Pepper - Part 2

Arthur Huxley - 18-11-2016

Vietnamese Pepper

Moving to the second in our series examining a selection of the main pepper producing countries, we will be looking at Vietnamese Black Pepper.

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Five Pillars Of Pepper - Part 1

Arthur Huxley - 28-09-2016

Indonesian Pepper

First a little bit of history before we begin our pepper odyssey.

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