cooking up delicious dishes with little expense
Hi guys!
Welcome to my site containing links to various videos I have done about my passion for food.
introduction
about me
how it started
how it started
how it started
In mid-March 2020, at the start of the lockdown in London following the Covid-19 outbreak, I started to find various food supplies running low in the shops. Then one day, I discovered a whole bunch of items going cheap - most of them were items that no-one really wanted. Most notably - Lamb Hearts. At first, they looked disgusting to me, but I thought if this is all there is meat-wise (and it was heavily discounted), then why not?! In order to demonstrate my ability to cook (I didn't follow a recipe), I decided to film myself cooking it. This pre-series episode was titled "Why the fuck do they call that food, and why the fuck are you eating it?". It was intended as a joke video.
Once food supplies started to come back into the shops, the consumers were not returning immediately back to the shops. So, supermarkets found themselves with excess stock of meat and fish and had no choice but to heavily discount them as well. I purchased a whole bunch of items and had kept a lot of them in the freezer. One day I discovered I ran out of space in my freezer and I started to use my fridge for short-term storage. Having done an inventory of what I had, I decided to cook for myself. Then came the idea of making videos of my cooking on a more serious level. Hence the "now that's what I call food" segments, which came to fruition as of mid-to-late April 2020.
"If music be the food of love, then let food be the fuel of your passion and desire."
- me
background
how it started
how it started
I have spent a lot of my life in bars and restaurants. From what I have experienced, I have developed a flavour for the things I love to see in food. From starters, main dishes through to desserts. This is where I am posting my videos of various dishes I have come to enjoy and have a passion to cook.
I have decided to incorporate this site as part of my video uploads of my cooking for various reasons.
-> Firstly, as a single place where both I and the audience can access all the videos relevant to my "Now That's What I Call Food" segments.
-> Secondly, this site serves as a diary for me of my progress and also to help drive me forward to push myself to trying new recipes, as well as to help me come up with new ideas.
-> Thirdly, because I want to share my ideas, inspirations and knowledge with my audience (you).
I use YouTube in the first instance to upload any new videos and I have provided links here for you to navigate to them.
Currently I am on Season One, which will take me on a journey to thirteen episodes in total. Please feel free to add your suggestions by contacting me, likewise any comments are welcome. Watch out as I add new videos to the site!
about my videos
my approach
why lengthy videos?
why lengthy videos?
You will notice from my videos that I do not measure ingredients. Also, whilst I have an idea of the ingredients that should go in, I often vary the ingredients as I cook. This is because I go by taste. I usually have an idea of the flavour I am aiming for.
In my videos I try and show you as much as possible my approach. It is radical, but it works for me. And I do end up with consistent results. There are also occasions where I do not even research by looking up recipes (which is the case in nearly every episode in Season One).
Where I do feel the need to look up recipes, I do not trust in any one single recipe on its own merit. I will often study two or three and take the best from each of those that suits my taste. Episode 13 of Season One (the season finale) will demonstrate this.
I am aiming to complete Season One on a big finish. Episode 13 will involve a dish I have never made before, but I was once challenged to make it; I never completed that challenge - but I aim to. Partly for my own sense of achievement, and partly for closing off some unfinished business. The most exciting part of it will be that you will see me attempt this dish for the first time on video. I intend to research very well the dish I have planned because it is a complex and intricate one. Watch this space (no clues here)!
why lengthy videos?
why lengthy videos?
why lengthy videos?
I appreciate that some of my videos can be long. Cooking you see on TV often follow a strict recipe and the accompanying recipes state specific ingredients and quantities. In these cases, it is easier to make videos more concise and show the end results after quick explanations. These also often skip the mixing of ingredients, whilst giving quick verbal instructions.
Since I have neither strict ingredients, nor strict quantities, I demonstrate in my videos the ingredients I put in as I go on and to also give you an idea of the quantity I am putting in visually. I believe cooking with ingredients and quantities is subjective to the cook; it is down to personal taste and preference. I try and demonstrate this as I taste the dishes as I go along.
In order to give the audience (you) an accurate as possible account of my recipes, I film the entire cooking stage of the sauces and mixtures I create. I try and ensure that the videos are kept as concise as possible and editing is done where simple instructions are given without the need to mix ingredients as well as during repetitive steps.
Some may find that my introduction sections can be lengthy as well. I do this mainly for my own purpose as a reminder of the source of the recipe, but also to give you an idea of how the recipe came to me.
videos - SEASON ONE
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suggestions and comments welcome!
Feel free to message me regarding anything you would like me to cook or any comments you may wish to make in general - be constructive ;)
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