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Quince Cheese I made quince cheese earlier in the year. It is now maturing in the cupboard. It may not be allowed on the diet as I made it using sugar collected in cafes and not sourced locally. But by next autumn I hope we will have a sugar supply, so I will want to come back for the recipe. Here is a recipe for Quince Cheese Quince cheese is nicest if you leave for about three months in the cellar before eating. So it will be ready in time for Christmas. I think Waitrose have a good recipe and there are several in our old recipe books too.
A Question of Spice A recent email conversation with Tristram raised some interesting points about spices: From: Tristram Stuart Sent: 24 October 2006 14:55 To: Sarah Dixon Dear Sarah, Hooray for 100 mile diets! That sounds really interesting. I sometimes wonder if one could make a fair case in favour of importing high value, low volume items such as spices. I haven’t looked at the figures for wealth generation at point of origin, or tried to balance them against emissions from the international trade; but at least I think there’s a stronger case for buying those things than say, imported low value high volume items such as courgettes or rice. I guess crops such as coffee/tea/chocolate would probably be borderline on this scale. Pickles; very nice. I’m always a bit torn when I use sugar (and gas) in huge quantities as a preserving agent (as I did last night for quince cheese); chutneys and pickles using vinegar is probably more eco-friendly; and best of all is bottling which doesn’t n
Konstam's Restaurant This is about the London restaurant that aims to source all its food from within the M25. Very mixed reviews on the london reviews website. We are planning to start the diet officially with a meal there.