It is strangely reassuring to be told that, no, sorry, you can't have roasted garlic mayo with your chicken sandwich, because the kitchen is just roasting off some more garlic.
We'll be roasting off the meats and as soon as they come out of the oven our guys will be carving them.
Also, they give you two dishes instead of one - once roasted, cut off the bulbous end that contains the seeds, peel and set aside.
Once you have roasted, rubbed off the hazelnuts' husks, added a touch of olive oil, sea salt, and garlic, you can vacuum-seal the nuts and store them in the freezer.
"I'll let those roast off till they're brown all over".
If I couldn't get home in time to turn the roast off, I could call a neighbor and they could go in and turn it off for me.
Pronounced "free-kah", its made from unripe wheat that's parched and roasted to burn off the husks.
I once had a potato roast-off with the conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jim Wood, for the perfect roast potato.
My next kitchen project is a roast-off between the two best chicken recipes I know: Judy Rodgers's, from the Zuni Cafe, salted and herbed for two days before being roasted, and Hamersley's, covered with a mustard-garlic-herb marinade, roasted and run under the broiler with its pan juices, then topped with lemon slices and served with sweet roasted garlic cloves.
Icelandic cod gets the full glamour treatment, roasted until it peels off into tender, juicy lobes, and teamed with delicately crisp olive bread, chorizo-studded coco beans, and a swirl of brandade and avocado purée.
