Carl Warner´s food landscapes

Shared and curated by M. Paloma Toledano:

Enjoy the pics by this great and really original photographer!

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2010/11/04/131075033/food-landscapes

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/foodscapes-photography/index.html

COOKING FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

 

Cooking might not be at the top of the list when you think of things associated with the UK but........

Bangers and mash with onion gravy recipe | BBC Good Food

Cullen skink recipe | BBC Good Food

Golden beer-battered fish with chips recipe | BBC Good Food

No-fuss shepherd's pie recipe | BBC Good Food

Family meals: Easy fish pie recipe | BBC Good Food

A good steak & kidney pie recipe | BBC Good Food

I love shepherd's pie recipe, I think it's one of my favourite English recipe. Another one that I like is scoth eggs. I share with all of you this recipe:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/scotch-eggs-0

Thank you Simon for these great links about British recipes. If you don't mind, I'm going to add two more recipes that I ate last summer when I visited Cambridge.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sams-toad-hole

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/classic-jacket-potatoes

25 Traditional British Recipes:

https://insanelygoodrecipes.com/british-recipes/

Shared and curated by Simon Briggs, Eva Mª Díaz,Fátima López, Fernando Hidalgo and Mariví de la Rocha.

Eggs Benedict and other recipes

 Shred and curated by Mª Jesús Aguado:

I would like to share with you some the recipes of some of my favorite dishes.

1. Eggs Benedict | 5 Ways done by one of the best English cooker” Jamie Oliver”

There is a chain food around all England and Ireland called Whetherspoon. You can taste British traditional food for a very low price. One of the best meals of the menu is Eggs benedict. Delicious!!!

2. Gordon Ramsay’s Scotch Eggs

One of the best places to try/ eat it in London is “Coach and horses pub”

3. TRADITIONAL ENGLISH CUMBERLAND RUM BUTTER

https://www.food.com/recipe/traditional-english-cumberland-rum-butter-275331

4. Banana Split.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiumNUeH9i8

 I also recommend you some pubs in London as the Churchill arms, Mr. Fogg’s Tavern, the Elgin, Eagle, etc.

And Marta Pérez adds:

If you like peanut butter, I recommend this Gnarly peanut chicken, by Jamie Oliver - https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/gnarly-peanut-chicken/
Absolutely delicious

Gnarly peanut chicken

WITH ZINGY LIME & A KICK OF FRESH CHILLI

Ingredients

• 2 x 120 g free-range skinless chicken breasts
• 2 limes
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 2 heaped tablespoons peanut butter
• 1-2 fresh red chillies

• Method

  1. Turn the grill on to medium-high.
  2. Score the chicken breasts in a criss-cross fashion, rub with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, a pinch of sea salt and black pepper and the finely grated zest of 1 lime.
  3. Place criss-cross side down in a cold 26cm non-stick ovenproof frying pan and put it on a medium-high heat, while you peel and finely grate the garlic into a bowl.
  4. Squeeze in the juice from 1½ limes, stir in the peanut butter and loosen with enough water to give you a spoonable consistency.
  5. Finely slice the chilli, then mix (as much as you dare!) through the sauce, taste and season to perfection.
  6. Flip the chicken over, spoon over the sauce, then transfer to the grill, roughly 10cm from the heat, for 5 minutes, or until gnarly and cooked through.
  7. Finely grate over the remaining lime zest, then drizzle with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil. Serve with lime wedges, for squeezing over.

How to make a Perfect British Pie

 

Shared and curated by Josefa Ramos:

I love cooking and especially pastries. Puff pastry is great for both sweet and savory dishes. I have been looking for a recipe for an English dish that uses it and I have found this wonderful recipe to make a perfect English cake. I share it with you in case anyone dares to do it. Although getting to do it like this chef will be very difficult

Mapping the flavours of the world

 

TasteAtlas is an encyclopedia of flavors, a world atlas of traditional dishes, local ingredients, and authentic restaurants.

There are over 10,000 foods and drinks cataloged , and The popular ones, as well as the forgotten tastes and aromas of every city, region, and village in the world. Travel, explore, eat, and drink. Discover and appreciate local foods, respect the people making it.

Their mission, in their own words, is "to catalog the world’s dishes and ingredients, to save our grandmothers’ traditional recipes from oblivion, and to encourage travelers to familiarize themselves with different cultures through high-quality, authentic, local food."  

You can join  in this exciting adventure through the authentic tastes of the world, because here are dozens of thousands yet to be researched and mapped: Explore the above World Map here: https://www.tasteatlas.com/search

You can also follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter! 

facebook.com/TasteAtlas
instagram.com/thetasteatlas
twitter.com/TasteAtlas

Website: https://www.tasteatlas.com 

TACO TUESDAY

 

Shared and curated by Mary Marsell:

What does Tuesday have to do with tacos? Better yet to ask, What is a Tuesday without tacos? A very sad Tuesday, that's what it is!

Taco Tuesday has become a widespread custom throughout the United States.  once a week to satisfy our taco addictions on the cheap.
While Taco Tuesday is prolific all over the United States (and in many other countries), it’s especially popular throughout Southern California. Beach cities in this region have developed a serious fondness for Taco Tuesday specials.

This new tradition seems to have started in 1989 and was trademarked that same year by Taco John's (a Taco chain across the U.S.).
However, the idea was cooked up much earlier than that. In October 1933, White Star Cafeteria created a weeklong campaign in order to let locals know that they were offering “Mexican tacos” each Tuesday. Throughout the next several decades, a number of restaurants had designated Tuesday as the day for special deals on tacos.

Honestly, the origins of Taco Tuesday aren’t exactly simple to trace. For one, the idea of offering discounted tacos every Tuesday is a concept that’s prevailed for decades—even before the alliterative couplet of Taco Tuesday was coined in the first place and before Taco John's bought the trademark, and in reality, it doesn't matter. The important thing to know is that on Tuesday in the USA you can get the best and greatest variety of tacos for the least amount of money. 

I am a fair believer that tacos should be at the top of the food pyramid. Your choice of select seasoned vegetables, meats, in a corn blanket (or tortilla, whatever you want to call it), topped with an array of delicious toppings of your choosing – salsas, onion, cilantro, cheese, and if you’re lucky, GUAC(amole)! Is your mouth watering yet?!

*Friends don't let friends go TACO-LESS. Help a friend today... #TacoTuesday

*I wonder if theres a taco out there thinking about me, too....#TacoTuesday

*In astrology if you're born on Taco Night, your sign is Guac! ... #TacoTuesday

*Taco Emergency, call 9 Juan Juan!   #TacoTuesday

https://www.downtowntempe.com/post/taco-tuesday

https://backyardtaco.com/blog/history-taco-tuesday/

COOKING FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

 Content curated and shared by: Simon Griggs, Fátima López and Julio F. Hidalgo

Cooking might not be at the top of the list when you think of things associated with the UK but........

Bangers and mash with onion gravy recipe | BBC Good Food

Cullen skink recipe | BBC Good Food

Golden beer-battered fish with chips recipe | BBC Good Food

No-fuss shepherd's pie recipe | BBC Good Food

Family meals: Easy fish pie recipe | BBC Good Food

A good steak & kidney pie recipe | BBC Good Food

How to make roast beef Gravy:

Another one that I like is scotch eggs. I share with all of you this recipe: 

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/scotch-eggs-0

I'm going to add two more recipes that I ate last summer when I visited Cambridge.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sams-toad-hole

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/classic-jacket-potatoes

JULIA CHILD: meet the origins of food tv programs

 

JULIA CHILD-Getty Images

HBO has released the series Julia, starred by Sarah Lancashire and a bunch of well known actors. 

I recommend it for many reasons: wonderful cast, great depicting of the USA in the 550 and 60s and the chance to know about the USA approach to food in those days. Julia became a tv icon  and her books on French cuisine, bestsellers.

But there is a lot to know about this surprisins woman, like she worked for the secret services in France, India, Chinaafter and before marrying Paul Child, also a spy and diplomat. 

More info about her in this article from the National Women's History Museum: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/julia-child#:~:text=Famous%20chef%2C%20author%2C%20and%20television,French%20food%20simply%20and%20easily.

Julia Child donated her kitchen to the Smithsonian, where is part of an exhibition about American food:                https://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/bon-appetit 

Julia Child's cooking show on tv  was formerly portrayed by Meryl Streep in a film called Julie and Julia, in 2009. In my opinion  Sarah Lancashire and this series overcomes both Mery Streep and the film.

Books:

Nora Ephron: Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously. Penguin. 2009

CARNIVAL AND EASTER TREATS

 TRADITIONAL MARDI GRAS FOOD IN NEW ORLEANS:

Shared by Iago Tato:

5 DEEP-FRIED CARNIVAL RECIPES

Shared by M. Carmen Carbajo:

CARNIVAL EATS. FOOD NETWORK. USA

Shared by Shawn Redwood:

ELEPHANT EARS:

Shared by Mariví de la Rocha:

Carnival is here and you may have thought about your costume, but what about these treats we indulge ourselves with during Carnival?

I have seen that our "hojuelas" are similar to Elephant ears which along with "rosquillas" are my favourites.

Dare to share any recipe of a dessert or meal from a English speaking country that celebrates Carnival?

I think I may try this one this weekend:

HOT CROSS BUNS IN EASTER: ORIGINS and RECIPE

 

Hot cross buns, hot cross buns!
One ha’penny, two ha’penny, hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters, give them to your sons,
One ha’penny, two ha’penny, hot cross buns!

ORIGINS:

Source: Rachel Nuwer for Smithsonian Mazagine:

Delicious hot cross buns—those doughy, raisin-studded delights—are traditionally eaten during Lent, especially in the week leading up to Easter. Marked with an icing or dough cross on top, they've been a holiday staple of some communities for centuries. (Versions of the hot cross bun even appeared in ancient Greece.) Given the baked good's long history, legends and superstitions have had ample time to develop and grow around them. Here are five favorites: 

A 12th-century monk was the first person to mark the bun with a cross.

This monk baked the buns on Good Friday, in honor of the upcoming Easter holiday, IrishCentral reports, and they soon gained popularity around England as a symbol of the holiday weekend. However, the first definite record of hot cross buns comes from a 16th and 17th century text stating: "Good Friday comes this month, the old woman runs, with one or two a penny hot cross buns."

Nowadays the cross might be made of chocolate icing or cream, but, traditionally, it is made of a simple dough or just a knife imprint.

They stay fresh for a whole year.

If you hang a hot cross bun from your kitchen rafters on Good Friday, legend has it that the bread will remain fresh and mold-free throughout the entire year. This harkens back to the body of Christ, which, according to the Bible, did not show any signs of decay after his crucifixion and prior to his resurrection. The bun should be replaced each year on Good Friday. 

They expel bad spirits.

Due to the blessed cross on top, hot cross buns hung in the kitchen are supposed to protect from evil spirits. They're also said to prevent kitchen fires from breaking out, and ensure that all breads baked that year will turn out perfectly delicious. Likewise, taking hot cross buns on a voyage at sea endows the boat with some protection from shipwreck, according to legend.

And cement friendships.

Those who share a hot cross bun are supposed to enjoy a strong friendship and bond for the next year. A line from an old rhyme captures this lore, says Irish Central: "Half for you and half for me, between us two, good luck shall be." 

They're too sacred to eat any old day.

In 1592, Queen Elizabeth I decreed that hot cross buns could no longer be sold on any day except for Good Friday, Christmas or for burials. They were simply too special to be eaten any other day. To get around this, FoodTimeline explains that people baked the buns in their own kitchens—although if they were caught they had to give up all of the illegal buns on their premises to the poor.

So, now you're chance to enjoy! You can buy them or make them at home.

You can celebrate Easter with this Easy hot cross buns recipe:

Ingredients for the buns

• 500g strong white bread flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 heaped tsp mixed spice
• 50g caster sugar
• 50g butter , chopped into cubes
• 200g mixed dried fruit
• 7g sachet easy-blend dried yeast
• 200ml milk
• 2 eggs

For the crosses & glaze

• 3 tbsp plain flour
• honey or golden syrup, for brushing

Method

• STEP 1

  Tip the flour into a bowl and stir in the salt, mixed spice and sugar.

• STEP 2

  Rub in the butter with your fingertips. Stir in the dried fruit, then sprinkle over the yeast and stir in. Gently warm the milk so it is hot, but still cool enough to put your finger in for a couple of seconds. Beat with the eggs, then pour into the dried ingredients.

• STEP 3

  Using a blunt knife, mix the ingredients to a moist dough, then leave to soak for 5 mins. Take out of the bowl and cut the dough into 8 equal pieces.

• STEP 4

  Shape the dough into buns on a floured surface. Space apart on a baking sheet, cover loosely with cling film, then leave in a warm place until half again in size. This will take 45 mins-1 hr 15 mins, depending on how warm the room is.

• STEP 5

  When the buns are risen, heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Mix the flour with 2 tbsp water to make a paste. Pour into a plastic food bag and make a nick in one of the corners. Pipe crosses on top of each bun.

• STEP 6

  Bake for 12-15 mins until risen and golden. Trim the excess cross mixture from the buns , then brush all over with honey or golden syrup. The buns will keep fresh for a day. After that they are best toasted and served with butter.

CELEBRITY RECIPES FOR YOUR BIG LUNCH. 2022 JQUEEN ELIZABETH JUBILEE

 

The Jubilee celebrations are a major cultural event, not only in the UK Commonweath but all over the world.  They will take place on an special extended bank holiday weekend from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June 2022.

One of the highlights will be the The Big Jubilee Lunch: https://www.edenprojectcommunities.com/

It's the party that's right up on the streets Everyone's invited to take to our streets, gardens and neighbourhoods to have fun and get to know one another a little better.  

Sign up for your free pack to help you get started. There are 3 different online packs with lot of resources, very useful for the classroom.

Celebrity recipes for your Big Lunch:

Stuck on what to make for your Big Lunch? Our celebrities have you covered. You can choose the perfect recipe to suit your Big Lunch, and what you have in the kitchen: 

https://www.edenprojectcommunities.com/the-big-lunch/celebrity-recipes