Knife technique – how to chop like a pro

Do you grip a knife like a club? Do your tomato wedges fall apart in seedy clumps? Recent Top Chef winner Hung Huynh visited with Grub Street at Dani yesterday to demonstrate his famous knife skills. The quicksilver cook showed how to julienne squash and a speedy way to slice meat. Definitely try this at [...]

How to cook a ‘dream’ omlette

Yes, theonion is still funny:
Chef Cooks ‘Dream Omelet’ From Recipe That Came To Him In A Dream

Lidl Treats

via Damien, Lidl Treats is a ridiculously useful site that blogs the tastier bits and pieces your can pick up at Lidl. The site’s focus is mostly on food at the moment but it would be cool to see it branch out into things like washing powders, shampoos, booze etc. too. I really like the [...]

Why Italian restaurants failed in Dubai

The guy’s face in the background in priceless. They sure do like a bit of repression with their spaghetti over there.

Cookin’ with Coolio

“Damn, boy… that taste better than yo mamma’s titty!”

More Cookin’ with Coolio right here.

Google recipe search

Check it out. Seems to be part of Google Base. Like the BBC recipe search only hopefully you won’t end up cooking muck off Ready, Steady, Cook.

On: Food – part 1

Cooking is freaking awesome. The only thing I like more than cooking is eating, and possibly hare coursing. And pints.
The internet is one of the best (and at times, worst) resources for food junkies such as myself. There is lots of great stuff out there, but it’s seriously outweighed by page after page of shite. [...]