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Choose herbs for the food you plan to cook and for what is abundant where you shop, rather than following a universal calendar. Learn how to store tender and sturdy-stemmed herbs, and how to use surplus by freezing or drying it.
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Market cuisine is more than a way of shopping: it connects availability, seasonality, techniques, customs and local economies. We explore its historical context and offer a practical guide to what the term can mean in a contemporary kitchen, without presenting a single origin as established fact.
Lemon, orange, mandarin, and grapefruit peel can bring aroma and new possibilities to the kitchen. Simple ways to use it without mistaking a creative idea for a safe preserving method.
A practical guide to storing eggs, preventing cross-contamination, cooking egg dishes thoroughly and handling leftovers without relying on home freshness tests.
A practical guide to choosing fresh spears, understanding green and white asparagus, trimming only the tough part, and matching a cooking method to the texture you want.
Spoken recipes did not disappear when books, television, and the internet arrived. Their company changed: observation and practice now coexist with writing and digital formats, each with its own possibilities and limits.
Organize your boards around your kitchen’s space and routine: group them, store them vertically, and give them a fixed place near your prep area.
A practical, adaptable system for planning, cooking, portioning and freezing components or complete meals, while managing rotation, texture and safe handling.
How to use acidity as a sensory and technical adjustment tool, while distinguishing what is perceived on the palate from what can be measured in a preparation.
There is no single artichoke season: it depends on place, variety, and local supply. This guide explains how to select fresh heads, keep them whole under refrigeration, and cook them before their best qualities fade.
A guide to reading a municipal market as a place of provisioning, conversation, and change—without confusing tradition, food-service offerings, and a guarantee of quality.
Rather than a fixed category, spoon dishes are a way to recognise brothy, thick or semi-liquid preparations and the local histories that sustain them. This guide considers them through place, home transmission and shared meals.
A practical guide to cooling, storing, reheating and discarding leftovers while preventing cross-contamination.
Fresh boerewors grilled until browned all over and served in four portions.
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An Iranian stew of lamb or beef with fresh herbs, red kidney beans and dried limes, slowly cooked until the meat is tender.
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A Portuguese rice dessert cooked in milk scented with lemon and cinnamon, enriched with egg yolks and finished with ground cinnamon.
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A simple Australian bread made with self-raising flour, olives and rosemary; this version is baked and served freshly made.
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A sour-and-spicy Thai shrimp and mushroom soup scented with galangal, lemongrass and makrut lime leaves. It includes homemade nam prik pao paste.
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Spiced-potato-stuffed flatbread made with a soft dough and cooked on a griddle until golden.
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Cooked fava beans, partly mashed and dressed with garlic, lemon, cumin, and olive oil.
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Creamy Portuguese rice pudding cooked with milk infused with lemon and cinnamon, enriched with egg yolks and butter.
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Creamy chowder for 4, with clams, mussels, prawns and white fish. Total time stated by the reference source: 35 minutes.
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