Thirty Miles: A Local Journey in FoodWhile on holiday in Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula, the seeds of his challenge were sown. He was told he would struggle to find good food in the area, that it lacked any culinary gems...not convinced, he sought to prove this theory wrong. "Thirty Miles" offers a unique insight into the grass roots of food in the British Isles, as he explores a beautiful area of North Wales, tracking down all sources of food in the region. It is an inspired look at the people who have a deep passion for what they do, producing top quality ingredients and allowed the author an insight into their lives. It also finds him, lending a hand, catching fish, building a smokery and picking fruit from cliff tops. With over 100 easy to follow recipes, with the ingredients placed centre stage, it proves that cooking locally is possible and has many benefits. It offers both hope and a blueprint for the future of food in our country. |
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Contents
An Ocean of Opportunity | 3 |
Pots of Fulfilment | 23 |
Menai Oysters | 42 |
MEAT | 63 |
A London Shepherd | 65 |
Generation Game | 73 |
Slipping Sliding | 85 |
Back to Basics Back to Tradition | 95 |
Two Jobs One Passion | 129 |
To Goat or Not to Goat? | 142 |
Produce Availability | 151 |
PRESERVING | 177 |
Sloes | 179 |
PUDDINGS | 189 |
Building Walls | 191 |
Food Directory | 219 |
Common terms and phrases
25g/1oz butter Aberdaron Anglesey apples aubergines Bake bass bay leaf beef beetroot Bini black pepper boil broad beans cabbage cake carrots caster sugar chicken chopped cloves cloves garlic,finely sliced cook gently courgettes crab dessert spoon diced dish egg yolks farm farmers fillet finely sliced fish flavour foil fridge garlic gas mark gentle heat grey mullet ingredients Jill juice lamb leeks lemon verbena lid and cook lobster markets meat medium heat minutes mussels mustard olive oil onions oven oz double cream oz dry white oz milk pan and add parsley pastry Peel pieces Place plain flour pork potatoes produce raspberries recipe red wine Reduce the heat Remove Rhyd-Y-Clafdy roasting rosemary Salt and black salt and pepper sauce sea salt season Serves shallots sheep simmer gently slightly smoked soft sprigs sprouts steaks stir supermarket tbsps olive oil tomatoes vanilla vegetable oil Welsh Black Whisk
Bibliographic information
| Title | Thirty Miles: A Local Journey in Food |
| Author | Ian Walker |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1905237642, 9781905237647 |
| Length | 229 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |