Hints and tips:
...Pools on a Gujarat salt farm shimmer like scales on a fish....
...Heat the coconut oil in a pan and, once it is hot, add the cinnamon, cloves, star anise, cardamom pods and black pepper. Sizzle briefly until fragrant and then add the onions and a little salt....
...A bog-standard caviar, which can taste mostly of fish, he cautions, wouldn’t work....
...The stench of fish fills my nostrils. Salt crunches under my feet. Plantains are dangling above my head....
...It’s a traditional process, using no salt but instead relying simply on sea breezes, sun and temperatures of between zero and 5C, which renders the fish imperishable and therefore eminently transportable...
...Stir through two-thirds of the cheese and the parsley with a few grinds of black pepper. Taste and add more salt if it needs it. Spoon into a suitable oven tin, around 30 by 30cm....
...More are enticed by the flash and sizzle of its Turkish founder Nusret Gökçe, also known as Salt Bae, and his slicing and salt-sprinkling displays....
...And, he said, he was as happy there with a mug of mahogany brown tea as he was eating black cod in Knightsbridge....
...To prepare the sauce gribiche, whisk the egg yolk, mustard and vinegar with the salt and plenty of ground black pepper....
...So even in summer, wind and waves thrum over Piha’s black sands (the region is a 20-million-year-old volcanic one, sitting as it does at the junction of two tectonic plates); it’s one of Auckland’s most...
...Fold in some minced shallots, sea salt, and cracked black pepper. Plunge the salad leaves in iced water then spin dry....
...Nicholson completes her creation with vermouth vinegar, chilli oil and salt. They’re almost like chips — but better....
...Next came sardines — a study in the primal compatibilities of salt, fish, lemon and oil....
...To his thinking, any given gulf, wadi, brook or rock pool is worth cherishing in itself, and not just as a habitat, or “fish tank” for aquatic flora and fauna....
...However, although the menu is 90 per cent plant-focused, meat and fish protein are still available....
...Who knew vinegar powder, sugar and salt could render popcorn so thrillingly delicious?...
...Daphne’s 112 Draycott Ave, London SW3; daphnes-restaurant.co.uk Aqua Kyoto x Veuve Clicquot terrace Devour Japanese fare of rock shrimp tempura (£22) and black cod gyoza (£18) or a special pairing dish...
...Finally, you can pimp your noodles with pickles or any kind of chilli: fresh chilli, pickled chilli, chilli sauce or Laoganma spicy black bean relish....
...In a world of grey investment research, Clive Black is a rapid-firing confetti cannon....
...They’d obviously cured the fish in salt for a while, which tightens the texture and enhances the flavour immeasurably, a great idea because wrapping the fish in wild garlic leaves before steaming could be...
...Coat the sardines with the flour and a little salt and pepper. Shake off any excess flour, and fry the fish on both sides in batches for about three minutes on each side until golden....
...It was designed by India Mahdavi, and constructed entirely of local materials: kershef, mud brick and salt....
...The kanpachi (amberjack) tiradito, a crudo-like dish of raw fish in tiger’s milk, a spicy, citrus-based marinade, is acidic and bright, and gracefully mellowed by earthy giant corn....
...with a tartare of sea bream, a sauce blackened with squid ink, a volcanic dusting of dried black olives and fine salt crystals from the salt-flats of Bocacangrejo — that confirmed what I’d already suspected...
...Salt covers the valley floor and the cool winter sun makes kaleidoscopes on the valley walls....
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