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Dan

About Me

********* www.myfellowamericans2008.com *********

i hang with the people in the bakery, making paella and writing things.. some of which are here:

Lower End Spasm , New Statesman articles , Guardian articles , Guardian blog posts , Dazed&Confused blog posts , random review for The Indy

i also write for www.chinadialogue.net , The Word, Nylon , Dazed&Confused, and edit the OLASS Newsletter for the lsc. so, yknow, there you go.

on 2 december 2003, i heckled the killers when they were bottom of the bill supporting ikara colt at the ica; probably my greatest achievement.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

someone who will teach me spanish.


benevolent patrons, publishers, and people with houses in the med that need house-sitting.

My Blog

No.8 - Deluxxx Mushroom

This one's like my favourite soup ever, and I like totally invented it myself, honest. Though not in a Valley Girl accent. I had been hoarding the recipe, but to hell with intellectual copyright, I'm ...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:25:00 GMT

No.7 - Asturian Bean Stew

I recently got me a wicked new book called 'My Kitchen in Spain' by Janet Mendel which fills in the substantial gaps between my paella skillz and enthusiasm for all things tapas (it has a recipe for E...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:41:00 GMT

No.6 - Okra, Beef and Squid Stew

apparently this african concoction is like the godfather of gumbo. i tweaked the recipe considerably because prawns are overpriced and usually tasteless in london, so my versh has not only beer, lime ...
Posted by on Fri, 12 May 2006 03:54:00 GMT

No.5 - Cesky Sen, aka Czech Dream

for this you're gonna need a big fuck-off soup cauldron... pans won't do for this baby, it serves like 17 people; and not just any 17 people, 17 burly central europeans who've been out farming like mo...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:48:00 GMT

No.4 - Gully Leek, Potato and Stilton

Brings a smile to your soul. You can substitute danish blue or gorgonzola or pretty much any blue cheese for the stilton. But stilton's best innit.   700g leeks 200g red onion 700g potatoes 150g ...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:42:00 GMT

No.3 - Lovesick Lassi

not the dog you idiots, the drink. 1 large mango 150g blackberries 4cm fresh ginger 1 tsp cinnamon 1 pint milk 5 tbsp vanilla ice cream blend it, drink it. good for that gaping chasm where your heart ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:31:00 GMT

No.2 - Crunk Soup, a.k.a. Chicken, Bacon and Black-Eyed Bean Gumbo

"last year hos didn't want me, now i got soup, hos all o'er me" - mike jones 400g chicken 150g bacon 250g black eyed beans 150g onion 2 red and 2 green peppers 75g flour 4 cloves 4 bay leaves pinch of...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:46:00 GMT

No.1 - Hottt vegetable melange

200g mushrooms 200g peas 200g green beans 200g broccoli one tin chopped tomatoes one large onion one fresh chilli 2cm root ginger lots of garlic cumin seeds paprika, chilli powder, salt and peppe...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:28:00 GMT