Yesterday village Omda Sabar popped in for a beer..
As I have a large kilner jar of sourdough starter fermenting in the sun, he asked what it was..

He started talking about 'sounds-like Gishta...

Well if anybody is coming to Luxor, I would happily exchange a few beers for a copy of this.
Our two favorite restaurateurs, Fergus & Trevor.

Out Today!

The food and fun we have had at St...

Browsing the freezer cabinets of KZ last Saturday morning, looking for new products.
Spotted these tasty looking bangers...

Don't be fooled, No meat only bulgar wheat and herbs, 'Swizz.... 8)

Or for the artisan bakery market....

So as our baker is using cheap crap russian flour, I decided to bake my 2nd ever batch of bread.
These loaves are a Mrs Beaton's enriched wholemeal...

So, as our local baker's standards have dropped due to the summer, and he doesn't know about 'real bread.
I, me have decided to bake my own. I have shied-away from anything to do with pastry after I...

Whilst watching Rick Stein in Asia, this took my fancy.

Beef Assado tomorrow, which I aim to replicate....and Iv'e got all the ingredients....

Ingredients:

1-1.2 kg beef roasting joint (topside,...

One winner was Liberty Kitchen based in HMP Pentonville.

Now, Pentonville is the only London Prison that contains it's own bakery.
Whist there partaking of her Maj's hospitality our main interest...

Does anyone know of anyone in Luxor that sells 'true saffron threads ?
Most of the rubbish they have tried to palm me off with, is dyed tree bark.

So, has anyone discovered real saffron in or around...

A new pop up restaurant from South Africa is about to hit London.
If one orders Oysters this is what you get...

One Oyster and 6 pebbles some-one is taking the 'michael...omho... 8)
Ps: Almost...

It's 1.30 am and it's noisy, kids love Ramadan they can eat and drink sugary drinks all day
because they don't have to observe it, Then they can stay up all night with all the grown-ups having fun....

Rudely awaken 'by a ringing in my head at 8.am, staggered around only to find it was Ahmed 'bamboo maker,
I forgot being up at all hours. He's come to measure up all that was lost in my last fire....

Now here's an interesting article from the 'Gruaniad by Geoffrey Kamadi.
Personally I'm not enthusiastic on Nile fish this side of the High Dam, but have seen some whoppers caught the
other side...

'La whaala Jamie has called in the administrators for just 'one of his many companies.
I love Jamie's 15 minute meals although dawdling on them for a few hours,
the boy has good ideas and can...

I've just picked my first small crop of star-fruit. I haven't eaten them for years and now I remember why, I think they taste awful!
They do look quite decorative in a fruit salad if finely sliced,...

One blind baked pastry case
1 small tin of evaporated milk
10 ounces of dark soft muscovado sugar (I generally mix 6ozs muscovado with 4ozs soft light brown sugar, but the choice is yours)

Method:...

Here's a little event that should be interesting...

It's at Bab el samawi just past the Ramesseum, a rather French influenced house well worth a look.
Sa Re will be offering a selection of new...

I spotted another old favorite closed. Gazzano & Son since 1911.
A great 4 generation family run business, Joe the son sold the name and rented the premises to some flash company.
They moved in...