Recipes

This is a variation on my Pea and Ham soup recipe. Prices are going up at a scary pace and bacon is the cheapest meat available so we’ve been eating a lot of it! I had the idea to swap out the ham in this recipe for bacon and it was certainly a good idea!! Pea and Bacon Soup Ingredients 1kg Cooking Bacon £1.79 1lg Onions 55p 1800g Frozen Peas £1.70 Mint (Dried or Fresh) A little bacon fat for frying Total Cost = £4.04 Makes 16 portions. Costs just 25p per portion. How to Make Pea and Bacon Soup...

Chef Bella JonesCourtesy of Liz & Leon's Bella Jones, a private chef known for her Ode to the Black Chef blog and accompanying pop-up events, is opening her first restaurant. Named Liz & Leon’s to honor her maternal grandparents, it aims to highlight the history of Black foodways, starting with the African diaspora. Located in a turn-of-the-century building on historic Hotel Row in South Dwntwn (231 Mitchell Street), Liz & Leon’s is slated to open in early November, alongside accompanying juke joint Sweet Gigi’s. “I’m a huge history buff, and it was important to me to have a space that...

Oil fields near San Ardo, California. Photograph by Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. In a letter dated June 1, 1925, Upton Sinclair announced a revolutionary experiment: the petro-novel, a new category of fiction inspired by modernity’s most vexing paradoxes of fossil-fueled life. “This oil novel,” Sinclair predicted, “will be the best thing I have ever done.” Over the next ten months, that story poured out as a “gusher of words” to become the great American novel of petroleum power. By turns ardent family saga, scintillating potboiler, and anti-capitalist tirade, Sinclair’s 1926–27 tale warrants its exclamation mark. Oil!...

Ramen Shiba has affordable ramen at West Coast Plaza Image credit: @ramenshibasg Recently, we visited Artbox, a popular food and lifestyle fair in Singapore, and featured eight must-try dishes in our Artbox 2023 food guide. One recommended pick was Ramen Shiba, a homegrown restaurant in West Coast Plaza, which is a short bus ride away from Clementi MRT Station.  Image credit: Ramen Shiba They recently opened in 2022, and have since garnered good reviews from customers. The place resembles the set-up of a cosy restaurant in an anime, with cute wooden chairs and tables in a casual setting. There are...

Vendor: Ingram Type: Cookbook Price: 22.95 This collection of fun, accessible taqueria food includes salsas, tacos, tostadas, and more  for every diet from meat eaters to vegans! Specializing in the vibrantly colorful, authentic Mexican fare of her childhood that utilizes fresh ingredients chef Victoria Elizondo focuses on Mexican guisos - the type of food that makes you feel you are home. There are quick and easy recipes to rustle up on weekday nights - with meat, vegan, and veggie alternatives -  including a vast range of salsas and sides, as well as slow-cooking specialties enriched with aromatic spices. Whether you are looking for...