About Alex

I'm Alex Rushmer: writer, chef and Masterchef 2010 finalist. Welcome to my little corner of the Web. Why not get a cup of tea, snuggle down and make yourself at home?

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• ► 2011 (14)
  •     ► October (1)
  • • Alex on 'The Big Night In' on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
  •     ► July (1)
  • • My Restaurant - The Hole in the Wall, Little Wilbraham
  •     ► June (1)
  • • Restaurant Opening
  •     ► May (1)
  • • Barbecue Pork Shoulder
  •     ► April (1)
  • • Very cool things...
  •     ► February (1)
  • • Pork Scratchings 2.0: Chicharrones
  •     ► January (8)
  • • Tim Kinnaird
    • Cream Supplies
    • Charlotte Griffiths
    • Gog Magog Hills Farm Shop, Cambridge
    • Dojo Noodle Bar, Cambridge
    • Savino's, Cambridge
    • Italian Hot Chocolate
    • Manakeesh and Toum
• ► 2010 (52)
  •     ► December (2)
  • • Juniper and Dill Gravlax
    • Scandinavian Christmas Food
  •     ► October (3)
  • • Quince Tatin with Manchego Ice Cream
    • BBC Good Food Show Scotland, 22-24 October
    • Thoughts on the MasterChef Pop-up
  •     ► September (2)
  • • Supper Club - Cooking in Cambridge
    • Masterchef Finalists' Pop-Up Restaurant: 5th-16th October
  •     ► August (6)
  • • The Ultimate Store Cupboard
    • Cookery Classes in Cambridge
    • The Ten Best Cookbooks Ever
    • Borscht with Fennel Dumplings
    • The Wild Garlic
    • Just Cooking It for Radio 4
  •     ► July (5)
  • • Welcome to the new site
    • Doner Kebabs
    • 5th-17th July: Cooking at The Wild Garlic
    • 4th July: British Barbecue Championships
    • 1st August: Radio 4 – On Your Farm
  •     ► June (6)
  • • Upcoming Event: WAC at Olympia
    • Summer Good Food Show
    • Cooking at Peel's
    • Rocket and Brazil Nut Pesto
    • Phad Thai and Cooking Like a Pro
    • Coffee
  •     ► May (2)
  • • Summer Food: Tagliatelle with peas and bacon
    • The Cambridge Menu
  •     ► April (7)
  • • Two more ways with nettles
    • Nettle and Yarg Risotto
    • Observer Food Monthly Awards
    • Two ways with Ox Heart
    • 'Still got the cake' - Life after Masterchef
    • A little more trumpet blowing…
    • Masterchef Interview
  •     ► March (6)
  • • Masterchef Celebration Steak
    • 'Is that Alex from Just Cook It on Masterchef?'
    • Beef & Stout Pie
    • Beef Cheek Ragu
    • Boiled Tongue
    • Microwaved Sponge Pudding
  •     ► February (8)
  • • Steamed Quick Duck Confit
    • Japanese Sugar Coated Fish
    • Sourdough for Dummies
    • Lemon and Chilli Tart
    • Frugal Food: A Week (and a bit) of Chilli
    • Sourdough: "There's something living in the fridge"
    • Thai Rice Pudding
    • Retro Cookbooks and a week of Chilli
  •     ► January (5)
  • • A Wee Scottish Brekkie
    • Szechwan Tripe
    • The mathematically perfect sandwich
    • Leftover Panettone
    • Honey Madeleines
• ► 2009 (86)
  •     ► December (3)
  • • Tomato & Fennel Soup
    • Sous Vide Christmas Lamb
    • Home-cured Guanciale (or 'Cheeky Pancetta')
  •     ► November (5)
  • • The Tastes of Autumn: Squash, Chestnut and Bacon Risotto
    • Just One More: Further Adventures with Pigs' Heads
    • Eccles Cakes
    • 'Easy As' Pie
    • The Ultimate Comfort Food: Gnocchi
  •     ► October (2)
  • • Five-hour steak
    • Ten minute Tartiflette
  •     ► August (5)
  • • What to do with too many courgettes...
    • Required Reading: In Defence of Food
    • Pork Pies
    • Italy: Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder (plus video)
    • Aperitivo
  •     ► July (8)
  • • Back home...
    • Back Soon...
    • Eating New York - Cheeseburger & Fries
    • Mutton Vindaloo
    • With Compliments...? Thoughts on Freebies
    • Eating New York: Hot Dogs
    • When it all goes wrong...
    • Nose to Tail Tuesday (N3T) - Lamb Breast
  •     ► June (10)
  • • Assiette de Tete de Porc or ‘How to turn a hog’s head into a delicate trio of starters’
    • Nose to Tail Tuesday (N3T) - Brains
    • In Over My Head?
    • The End of the Line?
    • Eating New York: Bagels in Central Park
    • Eating New York: Momofuku Steamed Pork Buns
    • Top Ten Kitchen 'Gadgets'
    • Eating New York: Pizza
    • Barbecued Beef Short Ribs
    • New York - Where to begin?
  •     ► May (5)
  • • Calling all New Yorkers
    • On Molecular Mishaps (and why not to pour Algin baths down the sink)
    • Spherification: Why Inverse?
    • Inverse Spherification - Mozzarella Spheres
    • The Cheap Eats - Buying meat in a credit crunched climate
  •     ► April (13)
  • • Chocolate Mousse
    • Cauliflower Cheese
    • Salt and Vinegar Crisps
    • What Might Have Been...(an introduction to 'Molecular Gastronomy')
    • Braised Beef Short Ribs
    • Nose to Tail Tuesday (N3T) - Bone Marrow
    • Smoked Mackerel Pâté
    • Foul-mouthed, foodie fungi
    • Butcher's Apprentice [Full Article]
    • Latest Article: Butcher's Apprentice
    • In mourning
    • Nose to Tail Tuesday (N3T) - Kidney
    • The Kitchen of the Future?
  •     ► March (16)
  • • Bury Black Pudding
    • Vodka Tonic
    • Pizza
    • Hummus and Flatbreads
    • Nose to Tail Tuesday (N3T) - Lambs' Hearts
    • Cashew Nut Butter
    • Italian Flatbread
    • Salt & Pepper Oatcakes
    • The Tail Tale - An epilogue
    • Nose to Tail Tuesday (N3T) - Pigs' Tails
    • The Butcher's Apprentice
    • The Usual Suspects (or Chicken Run?)
    • Friday Nibbles - Black Pepper
    • A Happy Omelette
    • Parsnip Soup
    • Nose to Tail Tuesday - Pork Cheeks
  •     ► February (11)
  • • Friday Nibbles - Lemons
    • Homemade Pork Scratchings - Part Two
    • Cheese on Toast
    • Friday Nibbles – Worcestershire Sauce
    • Homemade Pork Scratchings - Part One
    • A Softly Boiled Egg
    • Friday Nibbles - Sausages
    • Laverstoke Park Farm Buffalo Mozzarella
    • An update...
    • Elevenses and Solving the Credit Crunch with Cake
    • Beetroot, Ginger and Chocolate Risotto
  •     ► January (8)
  • • Friday Nibbles - Onions
    • Righting a wrong: Haggis
    • New Residents
    • Friday Nibbles - Rice
    • Pressing the 'reset' button
    • Meringue
    • Which came first?
    • Welcome to 2009
• ► 2008 (83)
  •     ► December (7)
  • • Merry Christmas
    • The Curse of the Christmas Cake
    • Paris: Roast Chicken and Other Stories
    • A little kitchen mishap
    • Paris, Je t'aime
    • A return to the molecular kitchen
    • Greetings from Paris
  •     ► November (7)
  • • Game on...
    • Soy Seed Nibbles
    • Please welcome to the stage...
    • The Little Things: Soffrito & Bread
    • Friday Nibbles - Salt
    • Home Charcuterie Part Two – Making Pâté
    • Home Charcuterie Part One - Making Rillettes
  •     ► October (11)
  • • Friday Nibbles: Special Edition - Turkey
    • Food for Free - Hawthorn Fruit Leathers
    • Friday Nibbles - Olive Oil
    • A Quick Lunch - Fried Tomatoes and Bacon
    • Updates, excuses and tasty bread
    • Friday Nibbles - Garlic
    • Sheer Awesomeness – molecular gastronomy in the home
    • Friday Nibbles - Parmesan Cheese
    • In Praise of Delicatessens
    • Friday Nibbles - Eggs
    • Comfort Food
  •     ► September (10)
  • • Friday Nibbles - The Potato
    • My Desert Island Foods
    • Two new residents - Chickens
    • Friday Nibbles - Tinned Tomahtas
    • Monmouth Coffee Company
    • Self Preservation, Part Two
    • Self Preservation, Part One
    • Friday Nibbles – The Stock Cube
    • A healthy breakfast: Bircher Muesli
    • Friday Nibbles - Chickpeas
  •     ► August (10)
  • • Breakfast Muffins
    • Friday Nibbles – Lingham’s Chilli Sauce
    • Souper Soup
    • A disturbing confession
    • Perfection
    • Phuket
    • Breakfast time and some very old eggs
    • Latest Article: Doing The Groundwork
    • Feeling Fruity - Durian
    • Take-out coffee, Thai style
  •     ► July (8)
  • • Wats for Lunch
    • Bangkok
    • Thailand - A Brief Introduction
    • Holiday Time: Thailand
    • One hundred posts and a barbecued bunny
    • Lunch
    • Never say never...
    • Salad Daze
  •     ► June (8)
  • • Ra-dish of the day
    • Cone, but not forgotten
    • Lunch is just around the corner...
    • Cutting costs - free food
    • Punching above their weight
    • Breakfast, Swedish style
    • Stockholm is where the heart is
    • Rocket-powered Pesto
  •     ► May (10)
  • • A Pheasant Experience, Part Three: Pie From The Sky
    • Swede Sensations
    • A Pheasant Experience, Part Two: Plucking Hell
    • A Pheasant Experience, Part One: A Bird In The Hand
    • Caking it
    • Tip Top Tapas
    • Getting green fingered
    • Loafing about
    • Making a right (and left) pig's ear of it
    • A sting in the tale
  •     ► April (2)
  • • Time for a change...
    • Normal service will be resumed forthwith
  •     ► March (4)
  • • Holy smoke, duck!
    • I'm a little short (part two)
    • I'm a little short (part one)
    • Hardcore Prawn
  •     ► February (5)
  • • Med in England
    • Pan(ettone) Perdu
    • Sand-which?
    • Warning: Smoking Thrills
    • It's Spelt S-O-D-A-B-R-E-A-D
  •     ► January (1)
  • • Slight Return

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