A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.
– Thomas Keller
Homemade Yorkshire Pudding, Dallas
Taking a page from Reid’s post last week about British Fare and the differences we found regarding variety, availability and names, I thought I’d share a gallery of some of the food we made at home and ate out in Liverpool. On this journey we have a budget and since food is a big part of it, I make sure our accommodations have some semblance of a kitchen to prepare most of our meals. And when our flat in Liverpool came in over budget that made eating out a once-a-week treat.
In addition to the issues at the grocery store, our biggest challenge was the limited resources we had to prepare food. But we brought along a chef’s roll with our high-quality knives, a sharpening steel, a six-inch non-stick pan as well as other utensils we feared would be lacking in the various rental apartments. Once Reid saw Jamie Oliver’s simple recipe for quick pizza dough, we were excited to stop making pizzas with naan bread and bought a 13 x 10 inch baking pan. Then we added a box cheese grater and turned one suitcase into a traveling kitchen.
Our first meal in LiverpoolCharcuterie board at the Wine Cellar, DublinMaking white beans with sausage and cabbage Cochinita pibil taco from Madre, LiverpoolPear, bacon, bleu cheese on naanNachos at Willow Bank TavernHomemade avocado toast w/bacon, tomatoes and fried eggLamb kababs with grilled tomatoes on naan at Real Taste, LiverpoolAt home with black beans and rice with onionGuitar pick pizza on naan with salami, red pepper & olivesHalloumi fries at Kebabish Original, LiverpoolHomemade French onion soupPie of the day at Lincoln Inn, DublinDining in: Egg noodles, beef, broccoli & mushroomLamb stew, Lincoln Inn, DublinPan pizza with mozzarella, sauce, onion and sausageSpicy Pyg from Little Pyg, DublinFresh fig, mozzarella, black pepper on naan Naan with cheese at Kebabish Original, LiverpoolHomemade eggplant parmesanFish & chips with mushy peas, Ma Boyle’s, LiverpoolHomemade spanakopitaWhite anchovies with olive oil and lemon at Blue Bell, Chester, UKEgg pizza with white cheddar and sauteed onions on naanCroquetas de Jamón Serrano, Blue Bell, Chester, UKHomemade beef quesadilla Hummus with olive oil and green olives from Kebabish OriginalGrilled lamb skewers with tomatoes on naan from Real Taste, Liverpool Homemade peach pan pizza with fresh mozzarella
