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Monthly Archives: December 2013
‘The Heart of England’
“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” ~Samuel Pepys Christmas is a time for feasting, and there has certainly been plenty this year, as we have wined and dined on a daily basis with those of … Continue reading
Posted in England, Food & Wine
Tagged inn, Ploughman's lunch, pub, public house, Samuel Pepys, tavern, The Horns
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The Cuisine of Korea: food as medicine
Korea : land of mountains, forests, Communism and kimchi. Korean cuisine has a history dating back centuries. Since 300BC, it has been heavily influenced by the Chinese, particularly in regards to its medicinal aspects. According to Taoist philosophy, health is … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Philippines
Tagged banchan, bap, bulgogi, guk, Jang Ga Nae, kimchi, Korean cuisine, namul, Ortigas
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Yasmin Newman: author, chef and cultural attaché
As a food writer and a foreigner in the Philippines, I have really tried to get to know the local cuisine. Quite different from any other South East Asian or pacific island cuisine I have come across, I knew very … Continue reading
In the Spirit of Christmas
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas wrote ‘it always snowed at Christmas.’ Maybe this was the case in northern Europe, but not in the Antipodes, where the seasons are upside down, and Christmas arrives in the height of summer. In Australia there … Continue reading