Food

Food is important. Now this one might seem like an obvious one, but when I say food I am not talking about healthy foods, nutritious foods or balance diets (though I do agree with this). For this piece I mean to eat well and cook well as a means to feel well. Many of us…

Lamb Shoulder with Wilted Spinach, New Potatoes Carrots and Redcurrant Sauce

Another tasty and easy recipe from BBC Good Food here. The recipe itself calls for loin of lamb, however unfortunately we couldn't find any at short notice, and our local butchers had shop. This dish is probably the closest I've gotten to a proper English roast, and I was pretty surprised how it came out. The…

Icelandic Baked Cod – Bakaðri Þorski

This was a great recipe I found recently and tried out for the first time a coupe of days ago. As we've been watching Vikings again recently, we figured we'd have something Scandanavian inspired, but not the usual salmon I often do. A bit of searching later and we had this - Icelandic Baked Cod…

Homemade Kara-Age – Japanese Fried Chicken

Recently I decided to make a little Japanese feast for my partner and I, following on my mission to perfect ramen. As part of this meal, I wanted to try making kara-age, Japan's delicious, succulent, near perfect answer to fried chicken. It's something I haven't had since I was in Japan, and of course something I…

Ramen Troubles

24/02/16 I've had ramen on my mind recently. I've been craving it too, proper, authentic Japanese ramen. I figured, how hard could it be? So I set about making my own yakibuta ramen 焼豚ラーメン (pork ramen, a simple classic found in every ramen shop in Japan). I gathered the ingredients, granted leaving out the sake because I…

Jacobs & Field

Now there is lots I hate about Oxford, and lots I love. One of those things I love about Oxford is that I am always discovering something new, and Jacob’s & Field is one of those places. Since moving to Oxford 4 years ago, I have always lived within 20 minutes of this little deli,…