For me, the true essence of living dangerously is to simply throw out the rules… and that’s how I’ve chosen to get myself into the danger zone for Total Food Geeks. New ingredients, new techniques, and no recipe to follow. As a baker, stepping into this unknown is rather terrifying. I’ve ...
I caught my first glimpse of these on Masterchef Australia when Poh tried them and they completely bombed! I loved the idea of them but without the Red Bean paste... So here we go...attempt one! In awe of the number of ingredients? I was! Deep Fried Chocolate Filled Meringue Balls ...
Well, holidays are well and truly over... I am back in Edinburgh in the sunshine and showers and immersed back in work. My fortnight in Rome, lecturing and spending time with family was great though. Taking advantage of my lunch break I thought I would share the story of my ...
I am always blown away when the minimum of ingredients can come together to make something pretty special. I mention the wonders of flour, yeast and water often enough so I thought I would take a break this month and focus on something else pretty magical; fruit and sugar. Fruit & ...
I have made Panna Cotta many times. Let's face it, it's not rocket science; cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, heat, gelatine, done. But I have often anguished over the correct proportions for each ingredient, especially the gelatine. Another vexing problem is how to get vanilla seeds evenly distributed throughout. The first time I tried to ...
When I heard that this month’s theme was ‘experiments’ I immediately thought about what I could write about that was the opposite of this, as I tend to do; but, alas, Blythe got there first (just wait for ...
This month, the TFGE crew were treated to a private dining experience at the newly refurbished Harvey Nichols Forth Floor restaurant to try out the new tasting menu and have a gander at the ...
Experimenting with food for me usually means putting ingredients where you wouldn’t expect to find them. So when I heard that the latest craze sweeping Australia was lemonade scones I knew that it was time to get in the kitchen and get experimenting. I have experimented with fizzy drinks before: my ...
Since the theme for this month was announced, I've been wracking my brain for what I could experiment with. Then all of a sudden it hit me like a bolt out of the blue: chocolate pasta with creme egg filling! Perhaps the idea came from a combination of thinking about notoriously ...
Yesterday evening ten food lovers donned their glad rags and paid a visit to the newly refurbished Forth Floor Restaurant at Harvey Nichols, Edinburgh. It was a wonderful combination of old and new geeks, and a great chance to delve into the ...
