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6 days ago | braise.substack.com | Dominic Preston

Meet the bread that Vivian thinks is “perfect.”I’ll admit, I’m not a natural fan of dense, dark rye breads like this myself — give me a big, soft, waxy sourdough any day — but they’re Vivian’s obsession, helped along by some time spent living in Berlin a few years ago. No rye loaf she could find in London would cut it though, so I set about making my own. I wanted it to be dense, but not dry, maintaining that waxy quality, and with the crunch of seeds in contrast.

1 week ago | braise.substack.com | Dominic Preston

When I wrote my guide to tacos a few weeks back, I mentioned that there were only two places in London I’d recommend anyone buy a burrito, and one of them was shut. Well, not any more — Bad Manners is back. Braise is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. After a few weeks away, the breakfast-centric Mexican spot has decamped from a churchyard in Hackney to, well, a churchyard in Shoreditch.

1 week ago | braise.substack.com | Dominic Preston

Umai is the best cookbook I’ve reviewed for Braise so far. I don’t just say that because it’s beautifully presented and easy to follow, for the variety of its Japanese recipes, for the fact that everything we’ve tried so far has come off wonderfully.

2 weeks ago | braise.substack.com | Dominic Preston

I’ve written before about the somewhat chaotic information I try to glean about restaurants from my overly expansive Google Maps lists. A few months ago, frustrated after a few too many visits to restaurants that I couldn’t remember saving in the first place, I resolved to start using Maps’ notes feature to help track not just where to eat, but why. This has helped… to a point. Take last week’s visit to Raya, in Walthamstow.

3 weeks ago | braise.substack.com | Dominic Preston

After including Comalera in my round-up of London’s best tacos at the weekend, I knew I wanted to give it a little more attention — if only because celebrating Comalera for its tacos is a little like bigging up Max’s Sandwich Shop for the mac ‘n’ cheese balls. They’re great, but hardly the main event. Braise is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Comalera isn’t a taco spot, you see, though they do offer a few of them.