Sounds great that. With working shifts, I need to have decent stuff batched cooked in the freezer. A good sauce is just throw chopped aubergines, sweet peppers, tomatoes, red onion, decent passata, smoked paprika, chilli, fresh basil/parsley, garlic and feta and roast or slow cook. Parmesan rind is good for a slow cook.
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If anyone fancies meeting at Bone Daddies Victoria for a TP Ramen Breakfast gathering, then I am down with that.
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Geez Chris, did you eat all of that yourself ?
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Is it good? Just realised it’s less than 5 mins from our office.
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It sounds like a gay sauna but I’m assuming it’s some kind of restaurant?
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Great, just as we have moved office from Victoria to Blackfriars. May need to make a detour.
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Ha! No, i haven’t been yet - just fancy giving it a go though!
Classic Greek business. Love gigantes plaki. We do this one several times a year - some feta on top and crusty bread on the side. Perfect vegetarian food.
Not all cookbooks are created equal, and I would add that my experience has been that the Ottolenghi recipes are generally very careful in the proportions/instructions–they were obviously tested extensively. I cook from Jerusalem frequently, and have yet to have a recipe fail.
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Apologies if it was posted here but reading this stuff was great and inspiring
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Cheers for the heads up re Ottolenghi, I’ve seen some of his recipes in the paper but haven’t tried as yet - will give him a whirl.
Talking of cookbooks, picked up this - it’s brilliant and fairly simple stuff… I even managed to coax my 17 yo lad into the kitchen to help as he likes a bit of spice. Dhal recipe is superb as is the chicken curry for the carnivores.
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Any Nottingham / Derby folk will know Birds ( although I prefer Sheffields Beres for a pork + crackling + stuffing + apple sauce cob)
This is almost Viz
Tim Brown, 55, said he had enjoyed Birds’ pork pies since he was a toddler, but they had recently “lost the peppery-ness.”
“We got a big one at Christmas and I just thought it didn’t remind me of my childhood,” he added.
Brown said he still intended to shop at the Alvaston bakery for sausage cobs, cakes and scones, even though his loyalty had been challenged.
& the comments on this customer follow up are equally as good
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Love me some brinjal pickle. That is def the best of its kind.
Highly recommend this… spicy, tangy and sharp
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I do sort of enjoy going out for a sunday roast but there is nothing better than one at home
( I always have the leg - mustard is a polish one from that is better than Maille )
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I do worry if we had a forum lunch out to Manze’s its a bit Faith Fanzine Forum & we’d descend into that league of online evil 
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A couple of friends who live just down the road from this went and said it’s bloody great.
https://torontolife.com/food/eastend-pie-and-mash-leslieville-davy-love/
Too bad it’s on the other side of Toronto to nip down the motorway and check it out one night after work (it’s be like trying to go from one end of an opposite quadrant of greater London to the other).
It’ll need a bit more planning and time allocated, but will report back once we’ve made the schlep!
My UK friend lives north of Damforth so will send his way
Not sure if that bit of Toronto is typical but for an area equiv of Balham there is 1 beer store (beer only / I govt liqor store ( beer / wine / spirits) which are only places you can buy alcohol
& +10 weed stores
Damforth to Brampton was a journey to see my wife’s aunt ( knew we were coming) who’d popped out!