This page indexes articles in this blog by place. Where an article has a significant reference to more than one place, I have cross-referenced it to more than one, as appropriate.
(Northern) California
- “Bong’s chicken”
- “Bullet ice cream and other strawberry tales
- “Chez Panisse almond tart, and how even the best recipes evolve”
- Chez Panisse garlic soufflé
- “Chez Panisse leek and goat cheese tart: a vegetable with history and a tart that symbolises a revolution”
- “I used to cook in a piggery”
- “Mikey’s mom’s banana chocolate chip bars”
- Olive oil and sweet wine cake
- “Piggery chocolate mousse”
Denmark
- “Easter 2020”
- “Easter is late this year”
- “Rødgrød med fløde” (Danish red fruit pudding)
- “Scandinavian smørrebrød”
England
- Apple butter and ginger cake
- “Afternoon tea of a faun”
- “Asparagus now!”
- “Autumn leaves”
- “Bonfire Night: food cooked over fire”
- “Blackcurrant streusel cake”
- “The British apple and its orchard heritage”
- “Bullet ice cream and other strawberry tales”
- “Cambridge in December: festive partridge and pear”
- “Cambridge in March: English asparagus and rhubarb”
- “Cambridge in November: wild venison and walnuts”
- “Cambridge in June: spring lamb and summer strawberries”
- “Celery, stilton and sage tart” (Fenland celery)
- “Cherries sour, cherries sweet”
- “A Christmas Essay”
- “Christmas card from Cambridge”
- “Cook it with flowers: chocolate rose cake, and tips for making pretty salads”
- “Elderflowers: champagne, cordial and a cake”
- “The fall and rise of the tomato”
- “Finding time in the festive season”
- “Fried green tomatoes in England”
- Sicilian gelato di vaniglia
- “The humble onion and other September treasures”
- “January citrus rituals I: marmalade”
- “Last-minute fruitcake with rum and vanilla”
- “Late-summer recipes”
- “Light in the darkness”
- “A Maytime tea celebration”
- “A Midsummer Night’s Eve potion”
- “Mohawk apples”
- “November magic”
- “October in Cambridge: apples and squashes”
- “Peas in the Pod”
- “The pleasures of the plum: a season in review”
- “Primula vulgaris: a common treasure”
- “A Progression of rhubarb”
- “Rose geranium sponge cake”
- “Rose and violet shortbread biscuits”
- “In search of the honest apricot”
- “Thanksgiving cornbread stuffing”
- “Troubleshooting short-crust pastry, sweet and savoury”
- “White asparagus time”
- “Wholesome carrot breakfast muffins and a finely textured carrot cake”
Europe (general)
- “Cambridge in December…” (on the history of gingerbread)
- “Easter is late this year” (on Easter bread)
- “White asparagus time” (Germany, Scandinavia, Spain, UK)
France (general)
- “Blackcurrant streusel cake”
- “Chicken braised in cider with buttered apples”
- “October in Cambridge: apples and squashes” ( on Toulouse-Lautrec’s pumpkin gratin)
- “The pleasures of the plum: a season in review”
- “Slumped dumplings and other lessons from the kitchen”
- “Troubleshooting short-crust pastry, sweet and savoury”
Alsace (France)
- “Cambridge in December: festive partridge and pear” (on gingerbread)
- “The humble onion and other September treasures” (on flammkuche)
Montpellier (France)
Paris (France)
Germany
Hawaii
Hungary
Ireland
Italy (general)
- “A Christmas essay”
- “Ciambellini al vino (Umbrian red wine and aniseed biscuits)”
- “Easter is late this year” (Italian Easter bread: pane di Pasqua)
- “January citrus rituals II: spremuti”
- “Italian comfort: baked chicken with potato, tomato and parmesan”
- A Maytime menu to cook together: asparagus and pea ravioli and coffee crème caramel”
- Mina’s Napoli sea bream with pink peppercorns, coriander seeds and rosemary
- “Sicily I: Noto town and markets”
- “Sicily II: Caponata”
- Sicilian gelato di vaniglia
- “A slow food trip to Le Marche, Italy”
- Umbrian chickpea and pasta soup
- Umbrian baked rigatoni with sausage and peas
Japan
(Southern) New Jersey
- Apple butter and ginger cake
- “Bullet ice cream and other strawberry tales”
- “Thanksgiving cornbread stuffing”
- “Cherries sour, cherries sweet”
- “The fall and rise of the tomato”
- “Fried green tomatoes in England”
- “Fresh coconut cake and cream pie, oh my”
- “Finding time in the festive season”
- “In tomato fields”
- “Moving kitchen”
- “Peach cobbler: in search of a lost recipe”
- “Stalking wild asparagus”
(Northern) New Jersey
North Carolina
Norway
Sardinia
Scandinavia (general)
- “A Christmas essay”
- “Scandinavian smørrebrød”
- Toscakaka (caramelised almond cake)
- “White asparagus time”
Sicily
- Olive oil and sweet wine cake
- Pasta ‘nsciata (pasta bake with aubergine)
- Sicilian caponata
- Sicilian vanilla gelato
- Sicily I: Not town and markets
- Sicily II: Sicilian caponata
South Africa
Switzerland
Texas
Umbria, Italy
United States (general)
United States (Southern United States)
United States (Southwest, esp Texas)
- Tamale pie
- Chili con carne
- Enchiladas