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Pippa Middleton offers Asian-themed dinner tips in Waitrose magazine debut Pippa Middleton offers Asian-themed dinner tips in Waitrose magazine debut
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Should there be any lingering doubts as to Waitrose's magazine's commitment to fuelling its readers' most aspirational and farthest-flung fantasies – the April issue coquettishly promises to reveal "India's Delia, Sweden's Nigella and Thailand's Gordon" – the debut musings of its newest columnist, Pippa Middleton, ought to lay them blissfully to rest.Should there be any lingering doubts as to Waitrose's magazine's commitment to fuelling its readers' most aspirational and farthest-flung fantasies – the April issue coquettishly promises to reveal "India's Delia, Sweden's Nigella and Thailand's Gordon" – the debut musings of its newest columnist, Pippa Middleton, ought to lay them blissfully to rest.
In her first article for Waitrose Kitchen, starkly entitled Pippa's Friday Night Feasts, the 29-year-old veteran of the party-planning scene and sister of the Duchess of Cambridge offers her tips on how to engineer a "relaxed, Asian-themed night in with friends".In her first article for Waitrose Kitchen, starkly entitled Pippa's Friday Night Feasts, the 29-year-old veteran of the party-planning scene and sister of the Duchess of Cambridge offers her tips on how to engineer a "relaxed, Asian-themed night in with friends".
Not only does she provide recipes, from hoisin duck rolls to ginger mojitos and tangerine and sake jellies with coconut cream, she also offers the odd aesthetic suggestion. Bright flowers can serve to "soften angular Asian-style tableware", while judicious deployment of paper lanterns, fairy lights or floating candles can "set the mood".Not only does she provide recipes, from hoisin duck rolls to ginger mojitos and tangerine and sake jellies with coconut cream, she also offers the odd aesthetic suggestion. Bright flowers can serve to "soften angular Asian-style tableware", while judicious deployment of paper lanterns, fairy lights or floating candles can "set the mood".
In a brisk and, at times, moving, exhortation to the kind of stick-in-the-mud whose idea of a perfect Friday night is six pints and a curry or a frozen pizza in front of a box-set, Pippa pleads for people to embrace the beginning of the weekend. "Friday night," writes the author of Celebrate, the renowned one-stop guide to entertaining, "is the perfect time to cook.In a brisk and, at times, moving, exhortation to the kind of stick-in-the-mud whose idea of a perfect Friday night is six pints and a curry or a frozen pizza in front of a box-set, Pippa pleads for people to embrace the beginning of the weekend. "Friday night," writes the author of Celebrate, the renowned one-stop guide to entertaining, "is the perfect time to cook.
"Regardless of how tired I might be, the moment Friday lunchtime arrives I get that contagious pre-weekend excitement. Even if I'm feeling exhausted and don't feel like doing anything but watching telly, I can put off being tired till Saturday." After all, Friday – with its liberating "promise of the weekend" and safe distance from Sunday's "pre-Monday melancholy" – is a bit special."Regardless of how tired I might be, the moment Friday lunchtime arrives I get that contagious pre-weekend excitement. Even if I'm feeling exhausted and don't feel like doing anything but watching telly, I can put off being tired till Saturday." After all, Friday – with its liberating "promise of the weekend" and safe distance from Sunday's "pre-Monday melancholy" – is a bit special.
To that end, Pippa recommends going the extra mile: to accompany her oriental twist on the famous Cuban cocktail, she suggests homemade sushi rolls.To that end, Pippa recommends going the extra mile: to accompany her oriental twist on the famous Cuban cocktail, she suggests homemade sushi rolls.
Ah, sushi. The mere mention of the Japanese delicacy elicits, madeleine-like, memories of her initiation into its subtle mysteries. "The first time I made sushi was at Edinburgh university," she writes. "I convinced my flatmates to help, promising we'd prepare it in front of the rugby on TV that afternoon.Ah, sushi. The mere mention of the Japanese delicacy elicits, madeleine-like, memories of her initiation into its subtle mysteries. "The first time I made sushi was at Edinburgh university," she writes. "I convinced my flatmates to help, promising we'd prepare it in front of the rugby on TV that afternoon.
"The trickiest part was cooking the rice but even that, once we got a feel for the right stickiness, was easy, while the rolling just required patience.""The trickiest part was cooking the rice but even that, once we got a feel for the right stickiness, was easy, while the rolling just required patience."
The secret of sushi success, apparently, is to keep your rice layer pretty thin but to be generous with the filling. But you needn't worry about stocking up on the attendant paraphernalia. "If you don't have a bamboo rolling mat," Pippa advises, "just use clingfilm."The secret of sushi success, apparently, is to keep your rice layer pretty thin but to be generous with the filling. But you needn't worry about stocking up on the attendant paraphernalia. "If you don't have a bamboo rolling mat," Pippa advises, "just use clingfilm."
She is equally practical when it comes to tackling her delicious but daunting 143kcal pudding. If you don't want to do it all on Friday, why not "get ahead by making the jellies the night before"?She is equally practical when it comes to tackling her delicious but daunting 143kcal pudding. If you don't want to do it all on Friday, why not "get ahead by making the jellies the night before"?
Would that all her dishes were as simple. Her Vietnamese spring rolls, alas, apparently require some "specialist kit". Fortunately, though, said kit is easily snap-upable at a certain well-known and well-heeled supermarket chain.Would that all her dishes were as simple. Her Vietnamese spring rolls, alas, apparently require some "specialist kit". Fortunately, though, said kit is easily snap-upable at a certain well-known and well-heeled supermarket chain.
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