Chicken out

Hello

This really will only take a minute.

I just took part in a new campaign to stop the Government making standards for UK chickens even worse!

Jane Kennedy at Defra is considering raising the maximum stocking density for intensive chicken production - effectively allowing more chickens to be crammed into those already overcrowded chicken sheds.

This Compassion in World Farming page made it really easy to send an email to Ms Kennedy, highlighting the issue and asking them to show support for chicken welfare.

You can take part right now if you follow this link:

http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=3425

Thanks!

Marcos D'Cruze

Twitter Time - From a Blog to the Box!

Hello one and all.

Time just shoots by and still no new Podcooks for all you hungry people, apologies.

The fact of the matter is everything is cracking along at a blistering pace, it is amazing how quickly things can change. 

On the 12th of April last year I posted my first "Cooking With Mother" Podcook (Mamas cracking pork Vindaloo for my belly MMMM MMMM) an mp3 Podcook from my London flat in Boca, Acton.

 

23/Feb/2009 and I am writing about "Cooking With Mother" being on the Telly from my new home which happens to be a thatched cottage in Hampshire. 

That's right, Cooking With Mother on the TV and I now live in a thatched cottage in rural Hampshire? Where will I be next year? Tibet? 

I only ever started this Blog for me and any other foodies out there that might be interested in podcooking. 

The chance for anybody to easily enjoy some good grub inbetween work and play, to have a recipe described to you on your ipod in stunning detail because it is as live and you can re-cook it over and over again, now who better to do that with than your Mum. 

So I recorded the phone conversations between us and posted them as podcasts to this blog as an archive.

And now a wonderfully supportive and clever TV production company called Bearkatt are in full swing producing "Cooking With Mother" The TV show. And boy are there some surprises in store!

Bonkers!

We begin filming on the 6th of March - our dates got pushed back a bit because of Comic Relief but everyone is still hard at it and readying for the shoot.

Speaking of which I should get back to work - I will be Tweeting more regularly from now on thanks to Twitterberry so please do follow the adventure with us by clicking the Podcooks Twitter link on the right hand side of this blog for all the up to the minute stuff. 

Thank you again to all of you that have emailed in recipes, podcasts, suggestions and kind messages over the last couple of months it is always lovely to hear from you, if you wish to contact us please email podcooks(at)cookingwithmother(dot)com. 

I promise to post to the blog again very, very soon.

Best

M

AD

Thank You

Dear all

Thank you so very much for your submissions, love and you lovely followers on Twitter for your interest.
We are heading towards a wonderful creation here with a crack team of programmers, designers and funding even in a credit crunch, not bad for a humble Blog.
We are looking to have something significant and different from all other cooking sites here for you all in the New Year.
In the meantime Chloe and I will endeavour to post some Pod Cooks with our Mother's while CWM is under construction.

Cooking With Mother, the ultimate cooking resource is on it's way.
We are coming at you like Mr Kipling - Exceedingly Good, enjoy the Beat Box Chef without his mother for now; as a musician this really appealed to me.

Beatbox Fame Game
Uploaded by loranger

See you all soon.

Best

Marcos

Nearly There

Hi

We are very close to selecting our design agency and have had loads of submissions to our contribute post.
I promise to put some here.
I am really enjoying the journey Cooking With Mother is taking and these things take a while I suppose.
Please keep submitting I promise more news very soon.

Best

M

Contribute to Cooking With Mother

Hello

I am very excited about the way Cooking With Mother is shaping up and we are looking for contributors.

Have you a cooking podcast that you would like to share on our radio station? Share that special recipe you have cooked with your mother over the phone? Or are you a DJ looking for a radio station where you can be heard? Or are you a News or Food Blogger looking for an audience? If you are any of these then please email us:

contribute(at)cookingwitmother(dot)com

Our unique portal will be a place to chill, cook and learn exciting new recipes from all over the world.
You will be able to stream our unique and specially designed live Video Cooks and Pod Cooks direct to your pda, iPhone or laptop this is real Sat Nav for the kitchen - as well as being the best little kitchen radio in the world.

Kitchen Radio 1 here on Cooking With Mother along with our unique brand of international home cooking will become your indispensable kitchen home page. Why not join in?

We are now in full development - stay tuned.

Best

Marcos

Kitchen Radio

Como estamos?

Sorry for the lack of new podcooks - Mum is in Spain for the Summer and I have been busy gigging writing and creating.
We have also been preparing to film Chef Gareth from an award winning Gastro Pub in Hants who will be cooking with his mother, tasty.

CWM now has a backer and as a result a dynamic website is about to be created for everyone to contribute to.
We shall also be installing our very own "Kitchen Radio" here on CWM broadcasting amazing chunes from all over the world, plays and more.
As well as podcooks, v cooks and recipies from every nationality contributing everyone gets their very own Cook and Mum page to boot.

Stay Tuned..

Best

M

Cooking With Mother "Gail's Sunshine Summer Pudding"

Hi all

It has taken a little while to get this up due to a slight technical problem - we've been partying a bit too much.(Well we had to eat the summer pudding right?)

Gail's Sunshine Summer Pudding V Cooked and Pod Cooked by Chloe and Gail Bell turned out real tasty and our guests Stuart and Sam loved it! As did Bobby and Lucy the following day delish!
Below are all the bits and bats you will need to cook in video and mp3 formats.

The song "Sunshine" features in this edition and the pudding took around 40 minutes to do but you could pull it off in about half an hour if you get your cling film spreading and bread cutting speedy.

Happy Pod Cooking folks and watch out for next weeks instalment as we have "Barr Pate" stay tuned.

Best

Marcos



















Ingredients:

Half a loaf of medium sliced white bread
2 Cartons of frozen Berries 380g per carton
Caster Sugar

Utensils:

Wooden spoon
Saucepan
Colander
1 Mug
A 1 and a half pint clear round pudding bowl
Bread knife
Cling film
Chopping Board

Enjoy

Marcos



















V Cook:



The complete Summer pudding Pod Cook:

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