Señor Onion, the fear and the flavor of the onion family

Some thirty-odd years ago, SABC ran a TV program called Señor Onion. He was a Mexican (or Spanish?) onion and he used to play a guitar and sing; and lived in constant fear of being eaten. It has taken me all morning, to find something on the internet, to jog your memory of this Mexican …

Base case dinners: Mid-week Popeye risotto

I think I’m going to write a “base case” recipe book. You start with one ingredient, and add to it what you can find in the cupboards. In this case, the base was spinach harvested from my own vegetable teepee. A teepee is what you get when you place a goal (a place to keep …