http://www.thomasinamiers.com/rss.php Recipes, ingredients, books, farmers markets, articles & more! en-us Copyright Thomasina Miers 2010-09-05T10:14:24+01:00 Thomasina Miers Food http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Cooking+at+the+Dock/83/ Stevie is an old friend who I met at Ballymaloe, rather a long time ago now. He is an amazing cook with a passion for exotic spices from around the world, beautiful ingredients and unfussy food. The result is a wonderful mix of simply presented food from around the world, never with too many... http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Cooking+at+the+Dock/83/ http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Standon+Calling/82/ Last weekend I went to my third Standon Calling. I missed it last year as was knee-deep in recipe testing for Mexican Food Made Simple and can remmber the feeling of frustration as I cooked and ate, and as my friends all danced the night away. This year we had a little bit of rain on Saturday, but... http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Standon+Calling/82/ http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Guiting+Festival+I/81/ It is Guiting Festival time of year again and this year is its 40th year. My father is the chairman with the amazing, talented Joanna MacGregor as president and Duncan Westerman is the music director who delighted my wedding guests with a bit of Alice Cooper after we had left the church with his... http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Guiting+Festival+I/81/ http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Fishing+in+Baja+California/80/ I am just about to get on a plane and head home after a week cooking, eating and fishing in Los Cabos, Baja California, Mexico. An amazing trip where I learnt the secret to a great batter for fish tacos, how to cook mole negro and the delights of a good recado blanco (from the Yucatan). Fishing... http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Fishing+in+Baja+California/80/ http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Courgette%2C+fennel+%26+cucumber+soup/76/ I got home late-ish after bumping into not one, but two friends in the swimming-pool. Whoever said London was large and unfriendly? Onewas there training toswim the Bosphorus...yip! That's what Iwant to do. At last a funthing, vaguelytaxing thingto do that doesn't involve running 26 miles. I got... http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Courgette%2C+fennel+%26+cucumber+soup/76/ http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Nougat%2C+nougat%2C+nougat/6/ The other day Neuhaus asked me to design a chocolate for them.I know that some look down on pralines, for not being pure, unadulterated chocolate.They are definitely sometimes let down by cheap imitations but nevertheless the combination of nuts and sugar with cocao butter works.For me, sugar,... http://www.thomasinamiers.com/cooking/Nougat%2C+nougat%2C+nougat/6/