Tag Archives: beef

Review: XO Burgers and Steaks, Copenhagen

XO Burgers and Steaks

Every now and then, I get some interesting letters owing to my position as dedicated food geek, enjoyer of life and blogger. One such letter came from the hands of the friendly people at XO Burgers and Steaks in Copenhagen. They wrote me a while back to tell me they had come across the site, had […]

Steak 101: Steak Au Poivre + ten tips for a perfect steak!

Cooking the perfect steak

I think you should do a post on cooking steak, my lovely, little friend Tina sulked at me one day after an, in her mind, pretty horrible experience in which she had tried to cook a steak dinner for her boyfriend and a mutual friend and, in her mind, had failed miserably. “Well, I might,” I […]

Restaurant Review: Rilano No. 6 Lenbach Palais, Munich

Wagyu at Rilano No 6

Oh God. Is anyone here allergic to nuts?! I’m at one of Munich’s most beautiful and stylish restaurants on an equally beautiful Wednesday evening in April and in a rare total loss of control, one frantic, female waiter has just bolted past our table in a frazzled hurry, uttering those very words. Praying no reply […]

Slow-cooked Chili Con Carne: The basics, the history, the recipe!

Chili Con Carne

It should come as no surprise by now to regular readers that I like to experiment in my cooking. Hardly anything I do ever comes out the exact same way twice which is another reason I started adding recipes and procedures to this blog. At least that way, if something turns out right, I can […]

Pot Roast: An ode to simplicity, tough cuts of beef and time

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This past weekend, I visited my dad to celebrate his 62nd birthday. I’ve already talked about my dad and our love for cooking in this post and, consequently, I was very excited to see what he had come up with for his birthday menu. Was it something new? Something old? Something complicated or something easy? […]