Hints and tips:
...Karan Gokani, co-founder of Hoppers, London Cheap cuts I get local, conservation-grass fed beef but I leave the prime cuts for others....
...It’s loud, hectic and packed with hungry locals and tourists....
...He also serves as the president of the local BCTGM there....
...It’s a lucrative time of year for the local fishing community because tourists come flocking for the Rye Bay Scallop Week, where the main attraction is the namesake local shellfish....
...The shelves are stacked with rare white teas, dan congs (Chinese oolongs picked from a single bush) and fermented teas known as pu-erhs, including a 1998 batch from Hong Kong (£25.84 for 50g)....
...Back in the Turkish city of Adana, for example, our Syrian butcher explained the secret of the local kebab....
...A few hundred acres of cobnuts, from the hazelnut family, and a few hundred acres of walnuts are nowhere near enough to meet local demand....
...Then there’s Truefitt & Hill, the barber where I’ve been having my hair cut forever and a day, and Le Caprice, which I think of as my local café. I know everyone so well, it feels like home....
...*To make the pea pod-infused St Germain Elderflower Liqueur (makes 750ml): decant a bottle of St Germain into a plastic or glass container (a Kilner jar is ideal) and add 50g of pea pods (without the peas...
...Neal’s Yard Remedies, 124B King’s Rd, SW3 (nealsyardremedies.com); Wild Rose Beauty Balm, £40 for 50g. Rabbit, 172 King’s Road, SW3 (rabbit-restaurant.com)....
...“A GrowUp 50g punnet of pea shoots is sold by Farm Drop for £1.20,” she says....
...Oversupply creates a different character, and one should consider the impact it has on local people....
...You may be able to find packages of small chicken wing sections in the halal section of your local supermarket....
...From your friendly local pound shop, pick up one of those large plastic boxes with a lid that’s usually used for storing stuff under the bed. Choose one that will fit into your fridge....
...I then tried the biggest local supermarket, which produced kipper fillets in a vacuumed bag with butter thoughtfully provided. The next supermarket had fillets on packed ice....
...They both seem to adore truffle so local knowledge is worth adhering to. Fonduta Ingredients The fecule or cornflour is a cheat but it works....
...This closeness to each other and to local suppliers means that friendships form quickly....
...For this recipe, I vary it slightly by using 50g each of sunflower, sesame and pumpkin seeds, and 50g hazelnuts or almonds....
...● Put 50g of cider vinegar, 50g of muscovado sugar, 50g of honey, 50g of Dijon mustard and 30g of vegetable oil into a blender and blitz....
...Another local classic is mustazzola (a filled biscuit or cookie, rich with honey and almonds)....
...The political blogging has paid off – Monroe has landed a trainee journalist position on her local paper....
...Madonna, as it is known, is a Venice institution, having a front room where tourists are charged one price and a back room where a more realistic tariff is probably levied on the locals....
...News came to my grandparents via the radio or occasional copies of the local newspaper, and through the postman and the roadmender. The roadmender was a fantastic character....
...Locals pointed Harry towards the hypermarket when he first asked where they did their shopping....
...Filling 4 large onions 50g butter 50g smoked bacon, cut into chunky lardons 2 egg yolks 1 egg 100ml milk 200ml double cream Nutmeg ● Peel and slice the onions thinly....
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