Fierce Potatoes, Properly Done Patatas Bravas are one of those tapas bar dishes everyone thinks they know until they taste the real thing. Crisp on the outside, soft in the
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By Joel Mielle

Panko Crusted Schnitzel Piccata Crumbed chicken and piccata sauce should never have been separated in the first place. One gives you that shatter of golden crust. The other gives you
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By Joel Mielle

The Dinner That Smells Like Someone’s Grandmother Is Cooking Verza e Salsiccia is a Northern Italian dish that turns the cheapest vegetable in the shop into a proper dinner. Cabbage
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By Joel Mielle

Blanquette de Poulet There is a certain kind of French cooking that never shouts. No browning, no roasting, no colour at all. This is that dish. Blanquette de poulet is
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By Joel Mielle

Pollo al Ajillo There is a whole head of garlic in this dish and not one clove goes to waste. Pollo al Ajillo is one of those old Spanish dishes
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By Joel Mielle

Warm Sardines and Tomatoes on Toasted Sourdough Most people walk straight past the tinned sardines at the supermarket. Their loss. This is a ten minute lunch that turns a two
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By Joel Mielle

Sicily’s Pasta Sauce That Never Sees a Stove Most pasta sauces spend an hour reducing on the stove. This one is the opposite. Pasta alla Trapanese is a raw sauce
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By Joel Mielle

Tonno alla Griglia con Salmoriglio There is something incredibly honest about a dish where every ingredient has a job to do. With this Tonno alla Griglia, we are not hiding
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By Joel Mielle

Chargrilled Sardines on Toast Most people walk straight past the tinned sardines at the supermarket. Their loss. This is smoky chargrilled sourdough, whole sardines straight from the tin, lemon, chilli
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By Joel Mielle

  The Salad That Decided to Be Dinner Mediterranean Chicken Pulse Salad is what happens when a salad decides it wants to be dinner. Chickpeas and lentils sit in for
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By Joel Mielle

The Ten-Minute Pasta That Tastes Like a Fine Italian Restaurant   A handful of ingredients, ten minutes of cooking and a sauce that tastes like it belongs in a fine
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By Joel Mielle

Portuguese Piri Piri Chicken Juicy, smoky, spicy and packed with fresh chilli. Piri Piri Chicken is Portuguese soul food with an African backbone. Those tiny bird’s eye chillies made the
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By Joel Mielle