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Anchovies and your fifth Umami taste

Arthur Huxley - 18-10-2024

Spice Road Spices - The Art of Flavour You can see why Anchovies appeal to the Italian Sicilians. Anchovies have been described as having a mysterious complexity. It rather fits these wonderful Island people, you would think.

Readers beyond Sicily are no doubt also aware that these tiny little fish fillets with their strong flavour structure will totally disappear into a dish without leaving any semblance of fish taste while delivering such a distinctive and mysterious flavour.

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New Orleans Creole Gullah Geechee Flavours

Arthur Huxley - 21-09-2024

Spice Road Spices - The Art of Spice Flavour

We have mentioned previously that many of the names of the best tasting aromatics or ingredients have names that, to be generous, are daunting. Think of Pomegranate Molasses - a wonderful thing for home chefs but the name leaves some room for improvement.

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Wonderful Mortar and Pestle

Arthur Huxley - 17-09-2024

Spice Road Spices - The Art of Spice Flavour.

Somehow it would seem we have lost touch with the old fashioned Mortar and Pestle. We are forever looking for the perfect flavour, especially with our midweek cooking and given time is usually short, we turn to a blender or processor for a favourite marinade or blend.

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Flavours without Herbs and Spices - part 2

Arthur Huxley - 15-09-2024

Spice Road Spices - The Art of Spice Flavour
We mentioned last Sunday that we would continue our chat about flavours in our food that do not rely on Herbs and Spices.

Our comments covered the importance of real stocks in recipes and we noted that when looking at a memorable dish, cheese will often be part of the mix.

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Flavour without Herbs and Spices

Arthur Huxley - 11-09-2024

Spice Road Spices A Herb and Spice Story from the Sunday Art of Flavour Post

Reflecting on our recent Sunday morning chats, it would seem we sometimes forget that the special flavour in our cooking comes from more than Herbs and Spices.

The flavour alternatives are obvious. Consider a true chicken or vegetable stock or even better, a beef stock from bone marrow or a red wine, butter and beef stock jus for your steaks. All true ambassadors of wonderful flavour for your kitchen.

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A New Holy Trinty of Flavours for your Kitchen

Arthur Huxley - 12-08-2024

Spice Road Spices A Herb and Spice story from theSunday Art of Flavour Post

Followers of our Sunday morning chats will have noticed we often mention that the French love to speak of their Holy Trinity of cooking. That is; Carrot, Celery and Onion. Or, a Mirepoix to use their term,

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Olive Oil - The forgoten Essential

Arthur Huxley - 08-08-2024

Easy Recipes and Spice Stories from the Art of Flavour Post

It was late 2021 when we first discussed the importance of olive oil. We said at the time that olive oil often appeared in a recipe without any real acknowledgement of the critical importance olive oil provides in the Art of Flavour.

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Creme Fraiche without Spices

Arthur Huxley - 18-06-2024

Easy Recipes and natural Spice Stories from the Sunday Art of Flavour Post.

This may come as a surprise but our passion for great food flavour extends beyond the best herbs and spices in favoured recipes.

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The Magic of Lemon replacing Salt.

Arthur Huxley - 14-06-2024

Spice Road Spices - The Art of Spice Flavour.

Lemon has always been a magic essential in the Art of Flavour but never really thought of as a salt replacement.

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Thoughts on Carameliesed Onions

Arthur Huxley - 03-06-2024

Easy Recipes and natural Spice Stories from the Sunday Art of Flavour Post.

It's a bit like our recent Sunday chat about Citrus. Whenever you open a recipe there it is. Some form of citrus.

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