tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69060941868184083312024-03-13T17:49:04.208+00:00Kavey EatsThe belly rules the mind. ~ProverbKaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-16966592526625876652012-02-25T08:49:00.003+00:002012-02-25T08:54:18.722+00:00Kavey Eats Has Moved!This blog has moved! The domain name kaveyeats.com will now take you directly to the new site, now at WordPress.Many thanks for your visits here during the last few years.Please visit the new site and update your RSS subscription, if it has not updated automatically.(This site has reverted to kaveyeats.blogspot.com and will no longer be updated with new content. Old content will be removed in Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-48933815297419972212012-02-24T07:30:00.001+00:002012-02-24T09:00:53.203+00:00Racine: La Grande BouffeRecently, I created a recipe for Cackalacky BBQ sauce (on a roast rib of beef) as my entry into a recipe challenge laid down by Grey Poupon mustard. Though I first learned of Cackalacky in a book I'd been sent to review, I didn't fancy the author's recipe for the sauce, so I did some research and created my own, amalgamating aspects from several different recipes I came across on the web. The Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-76394042541510142872012-02-21T07:11:00.000+00:002012-02-21T07:11:00.085+00:00Bacon Pancakes!Internet food porn has a lot to answer for. Sometimes I see a single image, and that's it, I have to have a go at making it myself. That's exactly what happened when I saw bacon pancakes: rashers of streaky bacon embedded in thick, fluffy pancakes. Look! from Cooking with Mel Of course, bacon and pancakes is nothing new – I've loved the combination of fluffy pancakes, bacon, maple syrupKaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-56169995964749984662012-02-19T07:09:00.001+00:002012-02-19T09:58:12.186+00:00Beef Cheeks Bourguignon: A Hearty StewBoef Bourgignon aka Boeuf à la Bourguignonne is a classic French dish originating, as its name indicates, from the Burgundy region, as do a number of other dishes incorporating red wine, such as coq au vin and oeufs en Meurette. I've been meaning to try the latter ever since our last trip; I'll try and blog that one soon. So back to the beef: this hearty stew is characterised by a slow braise ofKaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-35484460928919298792012-02-16T07:38:00.007+00:002012-02-16T12:38:17.678+00:00Pommes de Terre Braytoises - Cheese & Ham Stuffed PotatoesAs a cheese and bacon addict, I often have leftover cheese in my fridge, not to mention the stash in my freezer. There's often half a tub of sour cream or crème fraiche hanging around too, a few rashers of bacon leftover from a weekend brunch and half a bottle of mustard languishing in the cupboard. And even though our harvest of home-grown potatoes was the lowest for several years, there are Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-13489312941366234502012-02-14T07:13:00.002+00:002012-02-14T07:13:00.044+00:00Eating Korean: Bibimbap, SohoBibimbap is a popular Korean dish. Its name translates to 'mixed rice' and it usually consists of warm white rice topped with vegetables, meat or seafood, chilli paste and sometimes a raw or fried egg too. The ingredients are stirred together before eating. Dolsot bibimbap is bibimbap served in a hot stone pot. The stone is so hot that it cooks the raw egg, and any other raw ingredients, and canKaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-89528814323760094442012-02-12T07:35:00.000+00:002012-02-12T07:35:00.532+00:00HelloFresh ReviewedA few weeks ago the founders of HelloFresh got in touch asking if Kavey Eats would like to review a free shipment of one of their recipe and food bags. Aiming at an audience of "busy food-lovers" they claim to "take care of your meal planning and even do the shopping for you", allowing you to "discover amazing food and provide a healthy diet to the people you love most&Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-36206830793625971952012-02-09T07:34:00.000+00:002012-02-10T08:40:55.698+00:00Bloggers Scream for Ice Cream!Last year, I had great fun with Ice Cream Wednesday, a series of ice cream posts kick-started by an evening of frenzied ice cream making with friends. As well as recipes I made myself, I also shared some great guest posts from fellow bloggers who made tasty concoctions including Pear & Ginger Ice Cream, Candied Bacon, Toasted Pecan, Maple Syrup, Southern Comfort & Salt Ice Cream, Plum &Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-14811834234435073922012-02-05T07:08:00.000+00:002012-02-05T07:08:00.041+00:00The World's Best Apricot Jam (and Other Tasty Produce)Every time I eat some of Nidal Rayess' apricot jam, which I've eked out with unusual willpower, I chide myself for not having shared the experience of our day visiting Nidal at his factory in Lebanon, last spring. So, extremely late though it is, I am finally sharing another Lebanon highlight. Nidal Rayess is the manager of Rayess Trading, a family business established by his grandfather Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-45323880926173460092012-02-02T07:09:00.001+00:002012-02-02T07:09:00.373+00:00Falling in Love with Amano ChocolatesSometime in early 2011 I found myself in a startling position. My new all-time favourite chocolate bar hailed from America! Yes, you heard it right… Stateside… Across The Pond… The U. S. of A. The land of the sugary-sweet Hershey bar, that I have long mocked as being even worse than our cheap British vegelate, is making such bloody fantastic chocolate that one such bar has leapt into the spotKaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-48037302656796661012012-01-31T07:46:00.001+00:002012-01-31T08:35:24.220+00:00A Visit to Dusseldorf's Christmas MarketGuest post by Kelly Atkins. After much persistence this year I finally caved in and agreed to join my mother on a mother daughter trip with some family friends to Germany. Faced with the possibility of having to finish my Christmas shopping in the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street, I decided the week before Christmas was better spent getting into the festive spirit in Dusseldorf’s Christmas Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-47490601840347624952012-01-29T07:17:00.000+00:002012-01-30T22:29:11.934+00:00Kavey Eats on the BBC: A Question of TasteIf you're in the UK and like watching food shows, you've probably already seen, or at least heard of, A Question of Taste. It's the pilot series of a new quiz show currently airing on BBC2 on Monday nights. Presented by Kirsty Wark, it seems loosely based on the format for A Question of Sport. In a nutshell, two teams of foodies compete for points but no prizes, by answering a range of Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-82806057987562076072012-01-28T07:25:00.002+00:002012-01-28T08:00:45.954+00:00Angel & Crown: Olde Pub, Newe ManagementThe last time I popped into the Angel & Crown pub my fellow customers included an elderly bloke drinking beer alone, a middle-aged couple sucking each others' faces desperately – a first date I reckon, a couple of American tourists – no doubt befuddled that this dull and uncared-for environment was the famed British meeting place they'd heard so much about. And me, meeting a friend in a Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-1430541655574762242012-01-26T07:24:00.001+00:002012-01-26T07:24:00.532+00:00Baby Tangerines, Preserving Cuteness!When I was sixteen I had my wisdom teeth taken out. Explains a lot, doesn't it? My best friend's mum gave me a brown paper bag of clementines as a 'get well soon' gesture. They were the tiniest clementines I'd ever seen, little more than an inch in diameter. I loved these adorable miniature citrus fruits and have always bought them whenever I've come across them since, which hasn't been often…Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-22800889792081514392012-01-23T07:03:00.001+00:002012-01-25T11:00:13.393+00:00Lardy Quack Quack: Kavey Eats The Fat DuckAt the end of September last year, I turned 40; a number imbued with all kinds of emotional baggage, with references to the hill of life and one's position on it. But for me it was an excuse for a party and I had a really great day, surrounded by family and friends, new and old. I was overwhelmed by thoughtful, generous and perfectly-chosen gifts, but one in particular really took my breath away.Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-40264347655499652612012-01-19T07:10:00.002+00:002012-01-19T07:10:00.784+00:00Popping in for a Coffee: Roasting your own beans at homeAnother great guest post by Matt Gibson. The other day, I woke up and realised I had no coffee in the house. The fact that this realisation terrified me might give you some idea of the relationship I have with caffeine. It's a geek thing. Luckily, I remembered I *did* actually have some coffee. The only problem was that what I had, tucked away in the back of a cupboard, was a bag of unroasted Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-3536639970954602092012-01-17T07:52:00.000+00:002012-01-17T09:17:23.217+00:00Win an Asda Extra Special HamperSome time before Christmas, I was invited by Asda  to attend a blogger event at Leiths cookery school. You may have seen the TV adverts promoting the partnership between Asda and Leiths, whereby Leiths have given their stamp of approval to a selection of the Asda Extra Special range. I'll admit that I reacted in a very unbecoming way, disdainful that a respected professional cookery schoolKaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-44427493796882425232012-01-15T07:29:00.000+00:002012-01-16T11:18:57.325+00:00Greenleaf, HolbornWhen invited to review relatively new restaurant Greenleaf, it was described to me as "a lovely Chinese restaurant […serving] really lovely food, very different from the greasy little restaurants in Chinatown". I can't say I've found the food in Chinatown restaurants particularly greasy but evening menus are certainly formulaic and most offer little to excite. (I visit most often for Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-73177291368867518262012-01-13T07:37:00.000+00:002012-01-13T07:37:00.199+00:00Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth ReichlI can't recall where I first read about Garlic & Sapphires but it must have been a positive review as I immediately added the book to my Amazon wishlist. Thanks to kind friends, it popped through my letterbox over Christmas and I tore through it during the first two days of the new year. The fourth book by former restaurant critic Ruth Reichl, Garlic And Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-68622579032273938442012-01-10T07:36:00.000+00:002012-01-10T07:36:00.245+00:00Gooey Delicious Banana Cake (Revisited)Charles Campion's Banana Cake is a recipe I copied across to my blog from a post that originally appeared on a food chat board, or in my general online diary, or was sent via email… or in one of the many places I shared my food experiences before I finally realised I was "stealth-blogging" and set up Kavey Eats! It's such a good recipe I always intended to go back and add photos the next time I Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-30542334166163343062012-01-07T07:28:00.007+00:002012-01-16T09:04:17.914+00:00Confit Clementines & Lemon PossetWhen thinking about a suitably delicious but prepare-ahead dessert for Christmas day, lemon posset sprang immediately to mind. I first made it last January and was amazed at how quick and easy it was. After that, I took it along as my contribution to a couple of cooking clubs, and was delighted at the extremely positive feedback. On those occasions I served it with a single long strip of Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-75317944859913392772012-01-05T07:00:00.000+00:002012-01-05T08:55:17.400+00:00Which Recipes Were Top in 2011?For those less interested in my restaurant round up than in the cooking, here are the 12 recipe posts which received the most views during 2011. Chicken, Bacon, Mushroom & Crème Fraiche Pasta Braised Ox Cheek Bordelaise Chocolate & Chorizo Chilli Con Carne How to make Strawberry Vodka Liqueur Persian Baked Yoghurt Rice with Chicken (Tahcheen-e morgh) Lemon Posset, Candied Peel &Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-14295242790224270422012-01-05T06:00:00.000+00:002012-01-05T06:00:11.423+00:00Recent Competition WinnersWe've run several competitions over the last couple of months. Here are the winners, for those who like to know… Time Out Restaurant Guides Ute (hungryinlondon.com) Alex (Eating Soho) @nitology @dawncloud @kirwantaylor Demarquette Chocolates Laura (texasonthames) Stew! by Genevieve Taylor @ashlallan (Mummy 24) Green & Blacks Gifts 1) Nursey (@maxineflossy) 2) @frommyplate 3)Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-1836577388023576342011-01-27T07:23:00.001+00:002011-06-12T15:37:48.980+01:00How to make Strawberry Vodka LiqueurLast summer we went strawberry picking. I enjoyed it so much I ended up with far too many strawberries. Some we ate fresh, of course – with and without cream. I made a lot into strawberry jam (though it didn't set so I have several jars of what I'm calling strawberry sauce for ice-cream!). And some went into strawberry ice-cream. The rest I decided to make into strawberry vodka, having been Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906094186818408331.post-53748744047691958372010-12-31T01:18:00.004+00:002011-01-02T11:58:21.887+00:00Farewell 2010. Hello 2011!Most years, at about this time, I start ruminating on how quickly the year has gone by. This year, that feeling seems stronger than ever, and I can't get my head around how it can possibly be the end of another year already. And yet, it's been a full year indeed with much happening, so it's not as though I'm looking back wondering where it's gone – I have lots of marvellous memories of just Kaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.com20