Cacio e pepe is basically antique mac n cheese, invented by the Romans. As the name (“cheese and pepper”) might suggest, the beauty of this dish lies in its simplicity – there are traditionally only 4 ingredients, which are cheese, pepper, pasta and water. However, beneath the simplicity, there is a tricky emulsifying operation (a …
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The cold shower
Ridiculous. Psychotic. Unthinkable. This vocabulary and the like pops into the conversation when I discuss my cold-shower habit with any poor soul who happens to set me off. A cold shower is one of those classic masochisms, right up there with running marathons or going on a keto diet or climbing really tall mountains, one …
A first run at it
So here we are in 2022. One of the things I’m interested in doing this year is starting to write for a public audience, so I have to do the obligatory opening post. I’ll keep it brief. My intention for the blog at the time of this post is to write what about what I’m …