It rained all day in London today and such rotten weather calls for comfort food and staying under the duvet with a good book. I could talk about the heavenly seafood broth I cooked today but I'll stick to my plan and review what I've read.
Eat Caribbean by Virginia Burke was a good way to get some sunshine by osmosis. This is one of the best books on Caribbean cookery I've seen in a while.
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Oh gorm ah could eat ah roti now! Now if I was living in Trinidad my roti craving wouldn't last long, because in Trinidad, you're always at least 15 minutes away from a good roti. Not so in London, especially in the middle of winter!
Last night, my friend Kelvin aka EJ picked me up for a roti jaunt. We headed to South London and our favourite roti shop, Roti Joupa.
I've been going there for about three years now, but last night was the first time I carefully looked at how Vash and his team make roti. Actually, I was kinda lucky because they were doing a big order for a customer.
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Hello, my name is Franka and I'm a cookbookaholic. I have a mild addiction to cookbooks. But isn't this perfectly natural if you love food and cooking?
One day I intend to write a cookbook that other addicts add to their shelves as well. My latest acquisition is Feast by Nigella Lawson. And this is why I'm eating my words.
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Saturday's normally a soup day in the Caribbean. You'll find a lot of people making soup, usually fish broth or oxtail soup. If they can't make it, then they'll go somewhere and buy a soup!
Today, in London, I paid homage to my roots and I made oxtail soup with what's known as 'winter vegetables' - parsnips, desiree potatoes, jerusalem artichokes, carrots and broccoli.
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