Posted in dining out, food, Italian, Italy, London, pasta, pizza, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Jan 12th, 2009
Background: Rossopomodoro (‘red tomato’) in Covent Garden is part of a large pizza chain based in Naples, Italy with 70 branches around the world. There are two other London branches in Notting Hill and Chelsea, and according to their website, they pride themselves on cooking traditional Neapolitan food using ingredients from the region. I recently [...]
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Now I have to think about feeding myself and I’ve made sure the kitchen cupboards and fridge/freezer are stocked with some essential ingredients, I thought I’d dig into the World Foodie Guide archive to see what dishes I could recreate after work – in under 30 minutes. Here are five recipes from the vegetarian husband [...]
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Posted in Chinese, cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, Italian, Japanese, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Jan 3rd, 2009
Over the next few months, I plan to build up a handy collection of Quick & Simple recipes. My goal is to spend no more than 30 minutes in the kitchen, while cooking from scratch and using as many fresh ingredients as possible. After a long day at work, speed and simplicity are of the [...]
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Posted in China, Chinese, cookery, cooking, dining out, food, Hong Kong, Indian, Italian, Italy, Japanese, London, recipe, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Dec 31st, 2008
Every month on World Foodie Guide, there’s a short round-up of news and particularly interesting reviews or recipes in Second Helpings. Here is the end of year version for 2008! I went to Italy twice, as well as on a long trip to Hong Kong, Macau and China. All these wonderful traveleating trips are well [...]
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Posted in cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, Italian, Italy, Michelin star, pasta, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Dec 25th, 2008
This simple dish, spaghetti con zucca al burro e salvia, is ‘inspired by’ the delectable tortelli di zucca that we had at Italian Michelin-starred Dal Pescatore six months ago. The pumpkin tortelli, made with amaretti biscuits, is one of the restaurant’s signature dishes. As it’s just one of various courses, only five pieces are served, [...]
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