Archive - The Recovering Line Cook

Wil Reidie and the Honeymoon Campfire Potatoes

In celebration of my wife and burnt food

Apr 14 •

March 2024

Notes from the world's "happiest" country

And a word on what's coming next from me

Mar 30 •

Part 23: Empty Handed and Nothing Left Behind

The final chapter of the Memoirs of a Line Cook

Mar 22 •

A Line Cook Rants Again: Social Media Videos vs Memoir Recipes

A long(ish) read on form and content in food media

Mar 16 •

Part 22: Many, many questions...

Many, many questions or Why I stopped worrying about being a great cook

Mar 8 •

Do you come turn into my wife?

A diary entry about a food hall and my struggle to talk Finnish

Mar 2 •

February 2024

A Grumpy Line Cook's Rant about Social Media "Chefs"

A long(ish) read in defence of knowing what you're talking about

Feb 23 •

A Line Cook's Guide to Purée and Existentialism

Featuring a carrot purée that'll knock ya socks off

Feb 16 •

Runeberg Torte (Boozy Almond and Cookie Cakes)

So good you'll want to write a sonnet about it

Feb 9 •

Part 21: Death to the Spiskrigare

In remembrance of things past

Feb 2 •

January 2024

How to Cook Karjalanpaisti (Karelian Hot Pot)

Finland's national dish

Jan 26 •

How to use a poolish to make great bread

A recipe and guide to use a poolish pre-ferment to create light and airy bread.

Jan 19 •

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