A selection of Japanese picnic foods including a plate of salmon flake onigiri, a bowl of crunchy, golden brown karaage and accompanying chilli sprinkled mayo, and a smaller bowl of tsukemono pickles involving cabbage and cucumber.

For hanami week on #52weeksofcooking I made salmon flake onigiri, karaage and tsukemono: rice balls, fried chicken and Japanese pickles. So tasty, so mono no aware!

🍜🍽️ #foodsky

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52 Weeks of Cooking: Week 13 - Chilis

Chilis in our chili

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Photo of a small goat cheese tart, plated on chilli jam and with a ring of pickled bird's eye chillies around the edge.

Photo of a bowl containing a poached cod loin, topped with a chorizo crumb with chilli threads. It sits in an orange coloured sauce, with broad beans and a strikingly green basil oil.

Photo of a dessert featuring a vanilla panna cotta. It's surrounded on one side with a crescent of chocolate soil. There's a spoonful of a deep red coulis topped with a glace chilli. Another chilli, this one candied is on top of the panna cotta. In the background there's a torched cherry.

#52weeksofcooking gave me a theme of "chilis" this week. So in a very sane and non-obsessive way I made a three course fine-dining-style menu of chilli dishes. I'm super proud of what I made. Come read about it! 🍜🍽️ #foodsky

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52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 13 - Fictional Places

We found this Game of Thrones inspired recipe called House of Lannister Golden Roast

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The theme for #52weeksofcooking this week was fictional places, so I made a pair of Discworld desserts: Strawberry Wobbler and Nanny Ogg's Maids of Honour. The wobbler is below. If you want to see the even ruder one, it's on my Substack.

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🍽️🍜 #foodsky

A hollowed-out loaf of white bread filled with a rich, brown South African curry sits on a patterned plate. The removed bread “lid” rests beside it. The curry contains chunks of meat and potato in a thick gravy. On the side are two fresh salads: a bright carrot-and-herb mix and a finely chopped tomato–onion sambal. The plate rests on a wooden surface.

This week the theme for #52weeksofcooking was "oddly named", so I made Bunny Chow, an iconic South African dish featuring fiery Durban curry in a hollowed out loaf of bread. Incredible food - the curry-soaked bread is amazing.

🍜🍽️ #foodsky

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52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 11 - Oddly Named

Bangers and Mash, with a stout onion gravy

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52 Weeks of Cooking: Week 10 - Turnips & Radishes

Duck soup, with turnips, potatoes, carrots and peas with a radish salad

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Photos of pickled turnips on turnip toast. The pickled turnip has been cut into thick rectangles. It's a beautiful pink colour. Two of these have been placed on half a slice of toasted turnip bread. There's a really nice contrast between the vivid pickles and the rustic toast. There's eight of them arranged on a plate.

This week's #52weeksofcooking challenge was turnips and radishes. I went completely turnip with turnip pickles (beautifully pink from beetroot) sserved on toasted slices of turnip bread. Loved the look; surprised by how good it tasted!

🍜🍽️ #foodsky

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52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 9 - Braising

Braised veal chops, osso bucco style. With mashed potatoes and green beans.

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Photo of a small bowl of red-braised pork belly. The pieces of pork are covered in a rich, sticky glaze that's almost mahogany in colour. Behind there are two more bowls, one with rice, another with stir-fried choy sum.

This week's #52weeksofcooking theme was "braising", so I returned to a dish I made three years ago: Red-braised pork belly. Silky, unctuous pork with a sweet, salty, deeply savory glaze. So good!

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🍜🍽️ #foofsky

52 Weeks of Cooking: Week 8 - Flying

Duck Confit in a cherry reductions and Mushroom Vol au vents. With duck fat potatoes.

#52weeksofcooking #reddit #cooking #challenge #flying #duckconfit #volauvent #homemade #food

Week 8: Flying - Seitan Duck Breast with cranberry hot sauce
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A plate of Flying Jacob served with white rice and a fresh salad. The dish includes creamy chicken topped with chicken and peanuts, arranged beside a mound of rice and a salad of cucumber slices, cherry tomatoes and dill. Everything is presented on a colourful patterned paste set on a wooden board.

This week the theme for #52weeksofcooking was "flying", so I made a Swedish chicken/banana casserole from the 1970s called the Flying Jacob. It's surprisingly good!

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52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 7 - Sugar

Caramel Ginger Chicken and Creme Brulee

#52weeksofcooking #reddit #cooking #challenge #Sugar #caramelgingerchicken #cremebrulee #homemade #food #dessert

Photo of four slices of fairy bread. Each slice is decorated with sprinkles in the form of a pride flag, trans pride, the classic six colour rainbow pride flag, the bisexual pride flag, and the pansexual pride flag.

For this week's #52weeksofcooking theme 'sugar' I made some very fancy fairy bread. Shokupan with miso caramel compound butter and homemade sprinkles. As good as they look!

Full write-up including links to all the recipes I used on my Substack: niamhhallam.substack.com/p/fairy-brea...

🍜🍽️ #foodsky

Week 6: Hotpot - Hotpot Soup Dumpling
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Assiette noir avec un bol retourné de riz, des protéines de pois dans une sauce cacahuète, un petit récipient avec un motif de visage d'oiseau avec de la sauce à l'intérieur

Week 4: Vinegar - sauce cacahuète (avec vinaigre de riz) sur des protéines de pois

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52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 6 - Hot Pot

Had to get out the hot pot! We have a spicy beef broth and a seafood broth, with noodles, veggies, pork belly, steak, shrimp and lobster

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Málà xiāng guō - Spicy dry pot 52weeksofcooking 2026 - Week 6 - Hotpot

For this week's "hotpot" theme on #52weeksofcooking I made málà xiāng guō, spicy dry pot (like hotpot but without the soup base). Incredible, spicy-numbing Sichuan goodness.

🍜🍽️ #foodsky

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52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 5 - Uganda

Kikalayi pork and curried potatoes. We decided to make the pork into tacos.

#52weeksofcooking #reddit #cooking #challenge #uganda #Kikalayi #homemade #food

52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 4 - Vinegar

Poulet au vinaigre

#52weeksofcooking #reddit #cooking #challenge #vinegar #pouletauvinaigre #homemade #food

Photo of a bowl of adobong baboy with pineapple. Half the bowl is the adobo and half is plain jasmine rice. Garnished with chopped scallions.

Photo of a small bowl of pineapple chutney. Orange/gold pineapple with small pieces of onion and chili visible.

This week for #52weeksofcooking I made adobong baboy (Filipino pork adobo) for the "vinegar" theme, plus bonus pineapple chutney. I love adobo, so very happy to have an excuse to make this.

🍽️🍜 #foodsky

See my Substack for all the details! niamhhallam.substack.com/p/adobong-ba...

hummus petit pois et muffins betterave chèvre

Week 3: Contrasts - hummus petit pois et muffins betterave chèvre (soirée Wicked hehe)

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Riz frit dans un petit bol poussin

Week 2: Singaporean - Nasi goreng

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52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 3 - Contrasts

Creamy, salty potato leek soup with crunchy pepper bacon on top

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Photo of a bowl of a yellow sorbet completely covered in bright blue flames.

Photo of a plate with three Arancini - balls of rice (in this case a mushroom and smoked tofu congee) coated in a crisp panko and black sesame crust. Between each ball is a small spoonful of chilli crisp, bright orange oil spreading in a pleasing circle. Each arancino is topped with a little garnish of chopped scallions.

This week's #52weeksofcooking challenge was "contrasts". I made mango sorbet flavoured with Trinidad scorpion chilli. Also, mushroom and smoked tofu congee arancini. Both delicious.

More over on my Substack, including full recipes for both!

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🍜🍽️ #foodsky

52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 2 - Singaporean

Singapore style chili prawns and noodles

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Chili végétarien dans une casserole

Chidi de the good place qui chante 'you out the Peeps in the chili pot It makes it taste...bad'

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52 Weeks of Cooking : Week 1 - Inspired by a Joke

Why did the chicken cross the plate? To get to the other side.

Chicken with mashed potatoes, green beans and gravy

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