Freekeh, if you haven’t come across it before, is roasted green wheat, with a nutty, often smoky flavour. It’s widely used in the Middle East and can be bought cracked, wholegrain and even ready-cooked. Continue reading
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Mrs Portly Goes To Aldeburgh
Actually Mrs Portly goes to the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival every year but this year I actually got my hands dirty (literally – egg and breadcrumbs – more on that later) and what a fantastic weekend it was. Continue reading
Persiana
I haven’t been this excited about a cookery book since I first got my hands on Yotam Ottolenghi’s. Are you sniggering at the back again, Portly Minor? Take 100 lines.
Persiana, published by Mitchell Beazley, is Sabrina Ghayour’s first book and it’s crammed full of wonderfully cookable recipes. I really struggled to decide which ones to share with you because I’d like to cook and eat everything in it. Continue reading