It's hard to pin the cuisine to a specific origin, but a penchant for bold, meat-centric comfort food is evident.
Here it becomes clear what British food is when it is done well: bold flavors of meat, game and wild salmon; the richness of butter, cream and poultry fat; fresh, crunchy (when called for) vegetables; and puddings that surprise and delight.
This year, for instance, the government came down hard on sugar and lifted its warnings on cholesterol, but refrained from making any bold statements on red meat just months after the World Health Organization announced new warnings on the link between red meat and cancer.
SAN JUAN has the kind of food I crave, bursting with bold flavors dominated by meat, salt and crunch.
Moreover, the mixture was delicious, a nice balance of vegetables, meats and bold seasonings, just faintly, tonically sweet from the raisins.
Comparing the bold taste of corn-fed meat and the subtle flavors of pasture-raised beef is a little like comparing the big, plush flavor of a California cabernet with the lean, delicate notes of a French Burgundy.
Would you reject meat that featured a nice bold CAFO label, telling you how the animals had been treated, or one with a syringe, indicating that they'd been given prophylactic antibiotics?
I consider myself pretty bold when it comes to cuts of meat that butchers don't keep in glass display cases, but Bloomfield's book managed to gross me out a couple of times.
His "bold" solution is to end all production of meat and have the planet go vegan.
Matt Dryden, blacksclub.com The bold flavours of this tapenade complement the rich meat in this dish.
Fibrous, with a delicate, nutty flavour, pearl barley releases starch as it cooks, yielding a firm yet creamy texture that is happy to soak up bold flavours or sit back and let the meat and vegetables do the talking.
