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Image description: Two plates of dumplings, on a table. Maga Flores-Trevino—Aosta Valley – Seupa à la valpellinentze (Zuppa alla valpellinzese) Food in the Aosta Valley, where I spent a big part of my year abroad, is a reflection of the cow-filled, mountainous land situated between France and Switzerland in Northern Italy. Mountain climate and […]
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Image description: Paella in a pan. I, like most, have been stuck in lockdown for over four months now and I, like most, am going a little stir-crazy. I miss the outdoors, I long for a Spanish summer, and, more than anything, I just need to change it up. What am I cooking for dinner, […]
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Queueing outside the door of the restaurant, glared at by safety instructions and wall-mounted hand sanitisers, I felt the same swell of embarrassed nerves I might get waiting to be seated in a roller coaster, the same niggle of faint regret. Who knew that going out for dinner would one day become a comparable matter […]
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Image Description: Sasha’s Strawberry and Thyme scones filled with cream and jam, placed on a table surrounded by strawberries. Strawberries are the harbingers of a glorious summer, and there is simply no better way to eat them than piled high onto a mottled golden scone. Thyme and berry might seem like strange bedfellows, but here […]
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Image Description: A packet of chips stands next to a ketchup bottle on an orange background I used to love eating out, and since my year abroad I’ve done far too much of it, but what I’ve actually missed in lockdown is cheap fast-food instead. My local McDonald’s has a drive-thru but it probably isn’t […]
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Lockdown may be coming to an end but will the nation’s newfound love for bread making disappear with it? I truly hope not. Whilst I confess to not having tried my hand at sourdough, I have come close with various attempts at wholemeal rolls, seeded loaves and even French baguette! The latter was due to […]
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Image Description: Madeleine Cakes on a plate “She sent out for one of those short, plump little cakes called ‘petites madeleines,’ which look as though they had been moulded in the fluted scallop of a pilgrim’s shell. And soon, mechanically, weary after a dull day with the prospect of a depressing morrow, I raised to […]
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My initial reaction to the news that cafes and restaurants will probably reopen in July was pure joy. Having been in Russia on my year abroad until a hasty exit in mid-March, I haven’t been able to enjoy the breadth of restaurant food the UK has to offer since last September. Like most homesick year […]
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I am a summer person. Despite my academic lifestyle and a never-ending list of hobbies, I am most content blissfully passed out on a sun-lounger by the local pool, letting the sun tan my skin as it crosses the sky, a book and an Aperol Spritz by my side. I spend most of the year […]
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Soy sauce, sesame oil, minced garlic, whole garlic, onions… If this new social distancing lifestyle has taught me anything, it’s that one should never run out of these ingredients. Few Korean dishes can be made without them—garlic, especially, is so important to us Koreans that our national founding myth is about a bear that became […]
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There are many things to miss about Oxford but one which stands out is time spent in the college bar. Whether it’s to catch up with friends, enjoy a bop or partake in a bar crawl, these sacred havens have been the spots of many a happy hour. But, as with all forms of fun […]
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For my parent’s generation, catering for vegetarians was certainly not the ‘norm’. In fact, ‘vegetarian’ wasn’t a recognised term like it is today – plenty of people had never met a vegetarian before, and to embrace that title was to identify yourself as completely outside of the mainstream. Since then, social stigma has greatly improved […]
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Sourdough loaves, banana bread and Dalgona coffee are but a few of the edible boredom busters that might spring to mind when we reflect on this lockdown in years to come! But I’m sure you’ve seen and heard enough about them, so I’ll spare you the tales of my interesting attempts. Instead, I’m turning to […]
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Celebrity chefs, like supermarkets and the CEO of zoom, are amongst the few in society who seem to have benefited from the recent lockdown. Swathes of people bored pretending to work from home have flocked to their recipes to make the 17th banana bread of the week (find our awesome banana bread recipe here) or […]
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I’m sure that I am not the only student with a severe case of Itsu withdrawal. It’s a first-world problem, I know; but it’s the little things, like grabbing post-essay-crisis sushi with friends, that one misses most in a time of quarantine. I’ve always considered sushi to be a delicacy whose preparation went well above […]
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It seems that while working from home has triggered the sourdough renaissance, home cooks have also turned to a baked good on the opposite end of the commitment spectrum. It’s squidgy, it fills your kitchen with an aromatic fug, and is the perfect home for those bananas you have left languishing on the kitchen counter. […]
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Forget Dalgona coffee and sourdough baking; it’s time to finally let our home barista skills shine. If you’re anything like me, a walking being fuelled by caffeine, then the skill of home-brewing is the most important skill to hone during the current period. Why? As our beloved cafés have shut their doors, home brewing will […]
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The couscous and mackerel salad is a great, simple recipe requiring just a kettle, a chopping board, a large bowl and an enthusiastic chef! It takes 15 minutes tops (unless you’re cooking with a friend and there is wine involved, in which case be careful with the chopping). You can be super flexible with the […]
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Missing your favourite coffee shop? Fear not, the viral ‘Dalgona coffee’ will provide the fix you’ve been waiting for. I’m sure you will have all seen this delicious whipped coffee on one of your social media feeds by now. With many countries in lockdown due to COVID-19, people all over the world are finding ways […]
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