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A refreshing cold soup for a hot day. Complements a bbq very nicely. There are plenty of variations in eastern Europe of this dish. This is how my wife makes it. Couple of jars sweet en sour beetroots. Cut batonnet. (More traditional would be to boil young beet roots and then grate them...

As I always enjoy reading these kind of threads, I thought to post my own knives. It is a modest set. These are the ones hanging on the kitchen wall. They're all in use (some more than others).

Somehow I ended up with a dried chiles delivery. Having no experience with using dried chiles (not an overly common ingredient over here) , do you have any pointers/recipes to get me started? I received: Dried chile Guajillo - 100 Gram Chipotle - dried and smoked- 100 Gr Dried chile Ancho -...

5 years ago I went on holidays to Sardinia. During one of the lovely strolls through Alghero I encountered a little knife shop and realized there is a wealth of pocket knives made on the island of which I was not aware. I caved and bought a "pattadese" (a particular profile from the village...

Tidy up the pork jowl, add spice mix with the following ratio pork jowl - 1000 gram black pepper - 19 gram brown sugar - 11 gram curing salt (coloroso salt - 0.6% nitrite salt) - 27 gram (juniper berry - 4 gram) laurel leaf (nutmeg 2 gram) (some thyme) (garlic- 1 clove) and rub all over...

Dear KKF, My wife will soon be visiting Orlando for a business trip. Any recommendations for (affordable ;) ) restaurants would be very welcome. She is staying near the Vista Centre and traveling to the Orange County Convention Center. Curious whether there is anything nice to be found...

On request of my wife, I'll be roasting a goose on Xmas eve (for 4 people). Fortunately, I managed to order one and I can fetch it tomorrow :D . According the butcher, the goose will weigh 3.5-4kg (+- 8lb). As it will be my first time, any pointers will be very appreciated. (She is insisting on...

I am currently on holidays in Sardinia. the local markets are very nice, with fresh fish, veggies and fruit fruit. I packed a petty (15 cm moritaka) as the knives one typically encounters in apartments annoy the hell out of me, but I figured I might need a different knife for trips. I am not...

Last weekend I was strolling the aisles of the supermarket and spotted iberico pork neck. It was begging me to go home with me, so I kindly obliged. Since the arrival of my little girl 11 months ago I haven't been doing too many new recipes in the kitchen (besides babyfood ;) ). As I am a...

I recently acquired a Watanabe Pro Nakiri and am seriously impressed with its cutting performance. I am considering getting my wife a Santoku ( yeah, yeah, but our yusuke gyuto is too pointy and the nakiri is too squary ;) ) and I saw that there is quite a price difference between the...

Hi all, I would like your advice on obtaining an affordable (semi)stainless petty for my lady. I noticed that she enjoys using my blue steel petty, however she doesn't like to care for it. Therefore I am looking for an affordable (she tends to abuse knives ;) ), (semi)SS (it might not get...