My father, George, grew beetroot for as long as I can remember. He would generally pick them when they were quite large, in order to gain maximum food quantity to feed the large family, but they were always beautifully tender. Growing up, only the ‘red’ variety was available; and it was also known as red beet. Today it comes in …
Burnt Vegetables! Part 2
Continued from: Burnt Vegetables! Part 1 It takes practice to burn vegetables … and expertise! It sounds silly doesn’t it? That: “It’s OK to burn food“. Or that your spouse could be happy when you say with pride: “Darling, I’ve managed to burn dinner!” But as renowned Argentinean chef, Francis Mallmann, explains in his book, Seven Fires, “the right amount …