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Brown butter lemon thyme pasta with cremini mushrooms, tinned mussels and their broth, black pepper, and parmesan cheese

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turkish yoghurt, raspberries, white currant, maple syrup and a special batch of TomTom’s rosegarden gaganola

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summertime is for daylily curry, stuffed nasturtiums flowers, rose baklava, honeysuckle ice cream, hibiscus shortbread, so on so forth...

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Strawberry Balsamic & Goat Cheese Pizza

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Hiya! If you don’t mind me asking, what’s a ginger bug?

a yeast culture made with ginger! for making ginger beer :3 theyre real simple. think sourdough starter but for. ginger beer... u just need a swing top airtight jar and a shitload of ginger.

basically: dissolve 2 tsp sugar into 2 cups water. add an ounce of chopped or coarsely grated fresh ginger. try not to wash the ginger too much beforehand. like get dirt off if theres dirt but thats where the yeasts live so dont scrub them all away. set her out on the counter at room temp and every day feed her 1 more ounce of ginger (chopped again) and 1 teaspoon of sugar.

after like a week or so she will start to bubble and froth up when you open the jar and then you can make ginger beer :) basically add ginger bug liquid to fill 18% of the volume your (STERILIZED!!!!) bottle and then any fruit juice or sweetened tea of your choice until as full as u like. when i say sweetened i mean sweetened as fuck the yeasts need to eat the sugar. the proportion of sugar can be experimented with but mines 18% grams of sugar per ml of liquid if that makes sense so like for a whole gallon of tea you would add 681g of sugar... fruit juice is usually sweet enough on its own.

make sure to let it cool before u add it to the yeast so it doesnt cook them & leave at least an inch of head room. then seal & set somewhere nice and warm for a couple days. u need a swing top bottle and u gotta open it once a day or she will fucking explode. once shes as bubbly as you like, chill and serve :)

my ginger bug is named buglas :)

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Japanese Honeydew Bread

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Vietnamese Banana, Coconut & Tapioca Dessert (Chè Chuối)

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As a general rule, if you're having food cravings, you should probably pay attention to that, because it's usually a sign that your body needs something. Like, if you've just finished a workout and are suddenly desperately craving fries? Maybe you're low on salt, you did just sweat a whole bunch. Period cravings for junk food? Your body's under some stress and working hard, you need energy, and foods with a lot of fat and/or sugar are an easy way to get that.

Back in the early 1900's when exploring Antarctica was all the rage, y'know what was a major part of everyones daily rations? Butter. Just butter. The men out on the sledging teams would have cravings to eat entire sticks of butter with nothing else, so that was included in their rations. And that happened because under those extreme circumstances, their bodies desperately needed as many calories as possible, so their diet consisted mainly of butter, chocolate, and animal fat. Eating entire sticks of butter was the healthiest possible diet for them.

That's an extreme example of course, but my point is, there's no such thing as inherently Good or Bad food. Anything that's edible can be healthy under the right circumstances, just like anything can be an unhealthy choice under the wrong circumstances. Your body knows what it needs. Listen to it. Unless you're actively going through a serious medical situation, you do not need a tightly restricted diet. Diet culture is a scam, body fat is natural and healthy, food is good for you, and calories are the fuel your body needs to power its continued survival.

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After my haircut I treated myself to a cafe that was nearby that I’ve been meaning to try for over a year. Salmon onigiri, matcha latte, and jam and toast.

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Honeyed Gooseberry + Marjoram Blossom Lemonade

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roasted white asparagus and caper berries

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“A good pickle feels a lot like a spell. Each ingredient is only added after careful listening, with much intention, and an overall narrative is always at play.

Sometimes you are there to capture a single tone, other times, such as this one, it’s an exercise in harmonics.”

Elisa Da Prato

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fresh brie, grapes and Grissini breadsticks

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I'm excited to hear that!! It's been difficult so far to find concrete information on what's Actually in season or not so it'll take a while to compile accurate lists for each month sadly. This one is already outdated just by the use of Brie alone. Like yes milk/fresh cheese is technically in season during midwinter because they shelter the cows, but if it were completely up to the cows yearly baby-having schedule, they're not calving until the spring. Hard and aged cheese like gruyére it is for the season!

Ideas..

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Ideas..

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fresh orange, shallot and honey vinaigrette

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Fig Leaf and Ouzo Cured Nannygai Snapper, Orange Vinegarette and Horseradish