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Article: Food and Drink: Simply bringing out the best: There is no need to be clever about steaming: it's a quick and easy cooking method offering the pleasure of natural flavours
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 4, 1994
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My poor steamer. It used to be one of my favourite cooking
utensils, but then went into a long hibernation, hidden away in a
cupboard for a year, possibly longer.
Steaming was very much an Eighties method, all the rage when
nouvelle and minceur were the watchwords of the cookery world. I used
to be a dedicated steam- cook myself, and in the past few weeks I
have rediscovered the virtues of this method. Florence, now almost
five months old, has taken to solids with heartwarming keenness.
Wanting to introduce her to pure, unsullied flavours, additive-free
and all that, I have been steaming vegetables and fruit to make her
purees. What has surprised me is how delicious they are with ...