Blood oranges are, as the name suggests, a variety of orange. They are so called because their flesh is a dark red, blood-like colour. This colour is caused by the same pigment that gives you red and purple vegetables, anthocyanin. I adore blood oranges which tend to be a touch sweeter than regular oranges, with […]
Lemongrass
Would you believe, an edible grass? Lemongrass is a herb used very widely in Asian cuisine and is also known as citronella grass barbed wire grass serai in Malay and countless other names in the various countries it’s used in. It’s flavour? Citrusy, sweet and spicy and used just as commonly in savoury and as […]
