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My original plan had just been the risotto but then I randomly spotted some nice looking venison yesterday so I bought it, venison and wild mushrooms being a match made in heaventhe forest, anyway.

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This was prompted by a repeat of Heston Blumenthal's mad risotto episode I saw last night. I knew I'd get asparagus in my box today so sometime during today I made up my mind.
All I did was a basic risotto but this time with a generous pinch of saffron in the stock which gave it a wonderful colour and slightly earthy taste. The asparagus was just ( Read more... )

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Last week was our annual great big dinner event! A few friends and I borrow a restaurant on a night they're closed, have a chef-friend do the menu planning and cooking, hire a few helping hands, and do a lot of the work ourselves. The food is as local and seasonal as possible (Steven, the chef, got a little ahead of himself and bought Mexican ( Read more... )

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I'm a late bloomer when it comes to cooking and I've only really gotten into it the past couple of years so you'll have to forgive me when I say that this is my very first risotto:


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I've never posted here before. Mostly because I think most of you must be photographers who like to cook. My pictures never look as good as any I see on here. We do have bad lighting in our house though so I'm blaming that.

I had to share my Christmas dinner though. I've mostly taught myself to cook since I had my first baby almost 4 years ago and I ( Read more... )