delicious recipes from a messy kitchen

The leaves have begun to scatter. After yesterday’s rain, they littered this morning pavement like coloured confetti. I can’t help but think that before long, even these leaves will pass, and we’ll be left with nothing but bare branches, grey pavement and even greyer skies for the winter months ahead.
It would be a melancholy time, [...]

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This is a recipe for the simplest of simple soups.
Onions? None. Garlic? Nada. Notably missing from action: shallots, ginger, curry, coconut milk, chicken stock, carrots, celery fronds, fresh herbs, dried herbs, splashes of lemon, squirts of lime, and all spices beyond a sprinkle of salt and a dash of pepper.
But raise not a skeptic eyebrow [...]

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