Introducing a peculiarly Italian kitchen implement, the tagliapuntarelle, which shreds veg into fat strings to be enjoyed in dishes such as this spring-time spaghettiA 10cm x 10cm wooden square with a large hole crossed with wire strings: it could be a tiny harp if it didn’t also have another set of 12 strings that cross the first, forming a mesh. Even so, it can be strummed with a long nail, the basic strum audible, if you get in close. Its actual purpose is for slicing puntarelle, the inner tubes of a variety of chicory called cicoria di catalogna or cicoria asparago (asparagus chicory). A late winter-to-early spring vegetable, succulent puntarelle, with its asparagus-like tips, or punte, is a popular salad...
Introducing a peculiarly Italian kitchen implement, the tagliapuntarelle, which shreds veg into fat strings to be enjoyed in dishes such as this spring-time spaghettiA 10cm x 10cm wooden square with a large hole crossed with wire strings: it could be a tiny harp if it didn’t also have another set of 12 strings that cross the first, forming a mesh. Even so, it can be strummed with a long nail, the basic strum audible, if you get in close. Its actual purpose is for slicing puntarelle, the inner tubes of a variety of chicory called cicoria di catalogna or cicoria asparago (asparagus chicory). A late winter-to-early spring vegetable, succulent puntarelle, with its asparagus-like tips, or punte, is a popular salad...
Earn $1,493.04 {Last Year’s Grocery Expenses} Selling Totally Random Things Online Well, there hasn’t been a buyer on the T-Rex yet, but I know his day will come. I’ll keep you posted. Sold so far: 1 Box of “Native Organically Harvested Maine Driftwood” for $89.95 1 Box of 12 Heart Shaped Rocks for 24.95 1 box of 6 Heart Shaped Rocks for $22.95 1 box of 2 Folgers Coffee Cans for $29.95 Set of 3 Brim Coffee Cans for $39.95 1 Martinson Coffee Can for $19.95 *Money earned selling random stuff so far $227.70 * At the end of the year I will deduct all the shipping/supply/selling fees from the grand total. Go On a Staycation/Craftcation With The Girl Québec...
For every new, exciting venture that springs up, London loses another favourite establishment. Here's our ever-growing list of places that closed down in 2023. Cue the melancholy piano... although there are a few happy twists in the tale. London museums that closed in 2023 Pollock's Toy Museum has closed its Fitzrovia doors, but will reappear in Croydon later in 2023. Image: duncan cumming via creative commons A slew of museums have and will open and reopen in 2023 — including the Young V&A and the Hunterian. But there have already been closures, too. Pollock's Toy Museum, Fitzrovia: In January 2023, the enchanting Pollock's Toy Shop announced it was being turfed out of the Fitzrovia townhouse it's called home since 1969....
With asparagus or in a tart, new potatoes bring the nutty, sweet taste of early summerThe new potatoes are here – tiny, kidney-shaped and with soft, flaky skins. Lightly scraped and steamed, their creamy yellow flesh has a sweet nuttiness that is the essence of early summer. I toss them, still warm from the steamer, in a vivid dressing of fresh herbs and olive oil with a kick of green chilli. The trick is to dress them lightly so you get the best of both dressing and potato. You can add other seasonal treats, too: asparagus tips, carefully steamed purple sprouting (tossed very gently as it is inclined to break up) and early samphire, whose saltiness will bring out the...
