Category Archives: Cooking

Pasta Bake

Posted on July 9, 2015 by nicdempsey

Pasta Bake is the food beloved of students everywhere, easy to make, cheap, happy to sit around for a bit. It’s also got a reputation for not being very nice but it’s one of my favourite comfort foods. The leftovers … Continue reading →

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Seasonal Eating

Posted on July 7, 2015 by nicdempsey

I really admire people who truly eat seasonally, who won’t eat a tomato or peach in winter. I am personally far to wedded to my love of peppers to give them up in the winter but even I notice how … Continue reading →

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Salted Caramel Sauce

Posted on July 2, 2015 by nicdempsey

This is one of the Guardian’s ‘How to cook the perfect…’ and it’s really good.

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Not Kedgeree

Posted on June 16, 2015 by nicdempsey

Even when I cook alone, I never really cook in isolation. Everything that I cook has it’s roots in other food I’ve eaten, people that have cooked for me and people that I’ve cooked with. This came about because I … Continue reading →

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Flatbreads

Posted on June 3, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m not a huge bread eater, I can demolish a baguette at warp speed, especially if there are also cheese and grapes, I love all sorts of bread and last summer had a whole weekly menu planned around a loaf … Continue reading →

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Mushroom Tart

Posted on May 28, 2015 by nicdempsey

Although I cook most things from scratch, puff pastry is not one of them. If life is too short to stuff a mushroom, then it’s way to short to make puff pastry. So I buy it. Most often because I’m … Continue reading →

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Perfect Poached Eggs

Posted on May 14, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m not a perfect cook. My palate is not that refined, I love to cook but don’t like to spent hours in the kitchen, I try to hold an 80/20 rule about eating processed foods and I do pretty well … Continue reading →

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Dinner (and lunch)

Posted on May 12, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m having a stressy week. In fact, from here on in, the first two weeks of every month are going to be pretty high stress at work. Unfortunately, those two weeks are my migraine (PMT) weeks. So now you know … Continue reading →

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Stuffed Peppers

Posted on April 23, 2015 by nicdempsey

Ma and I seem to have settled into a Saturday ritual. It’s not every Saturday, but she comes for dinner, bringing a bottle of wine and I cook. It’s easy when you live alone to get stuck into a rut, … Continue reading →

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Cornbread

Posted on April 16, 2015 by nicdempsey

Cornbread and chilli is not a comfort food for me. It’s good but culturally, if you want to comfort me with food, boiled chicken and rice or the sausage casserole thing (affectionately called noely poley in our family) is where it’s … Continue reading →

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