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Porchetta

I often need to have a good long think before setting out on a new blog post. Is it to be about a new dish I’ve cooked, a new piece of kit or a party we’ve held? Mostly, they seem to end up being a bit of a combination of all three, but there isContinue reading “Porchetta”

Getting started on your Live Fire journey

Last month it was my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. We had a family get-together in their beautiful garden; my brother supplied the booze and Polly and I did the catering. It was great fun and, even if I say so myself, the food turned out brilliantly. As I was cooking, I got a couple ofContinue reading “Getting started on your Live Fire journey”

Thermometers

Pretty much everywhere you look, the accepted wisdom of the BBQ/Live Fire/Meat Cookery world is that a way of finding out the internal temperature of what you are cooking is a must. There are 2 main reasons for this: 1. Food poisoning is not fun. 2. Good meat is expensive and you don’t want toContinue reading “Thermometers”