Oxford Food Symposium | Naomi Duguid | Activity https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/members/naomiduguid/activity/ Activity feed for Naomi Duguid. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:17:05 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.3.41 en-GB 30 hourly 2 44fe79f5b380c642dfe1e961eea310f5 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/10405/#acomment-10589 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:40:05 +0100 For sure increase the vegetables. And ideally the starch would be whole grain if a grain…also legumes

In reply to - Ken Albala posted an update in the group Community Workshop

Question: Origin of the Balanced Meal. I was looking down at my plate the past few dinners and noticed that I instinctively place carbs, vegs and protein […]

]]> c3f39840e703fa1cf6b8eb89584f590a Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/9729/#acomment-9833 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 20:57:00 +0100 Definitely a Do Not Miss event!!!

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A quick reminder that we’ll be screening a second showing of “My Life on a Plate” with Sri Owen at 19.00 BST this coming Saturday, Aug 1st. Sri herself will […]

]]> e5fada26c47734155569c1ee02fb4814 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/9765/#acomment-9832 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 20:55:58 +0100 Thankyou Anindita. Very valuable. And very generous of you.

In reply to - Anindita Ramaswamy posted an update in the group V-Fringe

Hello everyone, I’d hoped to post this last week. I’ll just have to blame work and my often-indecipherable shorthand for the delay.

The attachment has s […]

]]> 00d8a696213d023ed2e4782d8673df82 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/9099/#acomment-9690 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:13:32 +0100 Called mak-wen in northern Thailand. Yes, fruity and terrific, another prickly ash, like sansho and the many versions of Sichuan pepper.

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“Mack – Khen pepper” from Laos & Vietnam also called forrest pepper. Botanical name: Zanthoxylum rhetsa. It’s such a unique spice with citrus notes like […]

]]> 1da29a80f8033a7cc9185b5bd80d3a0d Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8273/#acomment-9451 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:59:39 +0100 Please remember Nd me to send you a photo of his packaged saffron…

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I mentioned to several people that I had written quite a lot on saffron and also that there ARE female run saffron producers. Here’s one of the articles I wrote […]

]]> 0b5aa0b72fad91be1e66fa1c61f1591b Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/9099/#acomment-9271 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 22:35:15 +0100 That sounds very like the one in northern Thailand

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“Mack – Khen pepper” from Laos & Vietnam also called forrest pepper. Botanical name: Zanthoxylum rhetsa. It’s such a unique spice with citrus notes like […]

]]> 3f633e74067d3b058afc2da2e04ed4e9 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8214/#acomment-9162 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:26:48 +0100 I found stone flower for sale at Kalustyans in NYCity about two years ago. I’ll post a photo here. It has an intriguing taste, and a bit of sweetness, when you just chew on a bit.

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Loving the talks so far. Want to go back and listen to so much more. Learning lots and am itching to cook with some new combinations. Particularly intrigued by […]

]]> d0eabb5f3e11dce1d884f31e3dd30929 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8273/#acomment-9161 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:25:16 +0100 There’s a farmer in Japan who is growing saffron. He is just north of Kyoto. He takes the bulbs out after they have bloomed so he can use the land for rice. And after the rice harvest, back in they go. It has a wonderful aroma and flavour. A friend who knows him sent me some to taste. Quite amazing. And so very different from the terrain and… Read more

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I mentioned to several people that I had written quite a lot on saffron and also that there ARE female run saffron producers. Here’s one of the articles I wrote […]

]]> 31db74c2e5e41c019b14a9cde583cc06 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8382/#acomment-9160 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:22:11 +0100 I can’t connect to that website…right now.

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Two West/Central African spices (and a recipe) to try: Bofeko [picture foraged from Google Images] and Bobimbi. There are many languages in Africa, so […]

]]> 5f654294802f2be71f70071d9b1ea2fd Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8662/#acomment-9159 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:18:34 +0100 What a lovely way of expressing all that we’re living right now Charity

In reply to - Adrian Bregazzi posted an update in the group V-Fringe

next year’s Symposium theme is Food & Imagination.

Elisabeth Luard is currently writing the brief for papers and presentations – and she welcomes your […]

]]> ba194252f1a74088e3194d8dc5d89802 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8763/#acomment-9158 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:16:03 +0100 PAtience Gray told me that she and the Sculptor never watered their veg’s in Puglia because the flavour was so much better, and the plants hardier, if they had to struggle from the beginning

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It has been great to learn so much about the plants that I love growing, using and writing about. I mentioned to one of the wonderful break out groups that the […]

]]> 2112fa40fe57a3134189b73d4971a433 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8924/#acomment-9157 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:12:28 +0100 Nice idea Cam

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I was sharing with my wife the experience of the V-Symposium and mentioned to her I believe two symposiasts in Copenhagen, I think Priya and Birgitte, ended up […]

]]> 8bb58fe0afabcc33894a183bd4539d65 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/9099/#acomment-9156 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:09:49 +0100 I know it as mack-wen’ A gorgeous spice. More interesting and aromatic than the general Sichuan pepper we get, and more like a wild Sichuan pepper that a friend once brought me from northeast? Sichuan

In reply to - Birgitte Kampmann posted an update in the group V-Fringe

“Mack – Khen pepper” from Laos & Vietnam also called forrest pepper. Botanical name: Zanthoxylum rhetsa. It’s such a unique spice with citrus notes like […]

]]> 74fc7478f5014eb78b10bbdefe9288e5 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/spice-tools-which-ones-do-you-prefer-why/#post-3966 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:21:32 +0100 Reply to Spice tools - which one(s) do you prefer & why?

Thankyou for the photo and for the wonderful story…

]]> 87b2ae30bfce8ec7d6d172d2982ccbd6 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8143/#acomment-9081 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:19:13 +0100 Did the bulbs go on producing each year? When I was in Iran south of Mashad talking to a saffron grower, he said that a bed of newly planted bulbs would produce for about seven years, each October, after a little rain.

In reply to - Naomi Duguid posted an update in the group V-Fringe

Picked herbs this morning, because I failed to make any of the recipes except saffron tea. Photo is too big to drop here. I have shiso, purslane, lovage, basil, […]

]]> 0ea16dbcb460c23ded8c1e7efdcefc97 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/topic-selection-for-2023/#post-3950 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:42:06 +0100 Reply to Topic Selection for 2023

I like this. It can incorporate the idea of food and rules too. And Movement, frontier crossing, becomes a changing of the rules..

]]> 21e5e8d5c37d4ccc4cf00c5b55ccb0cb Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/topic-selection-for-2023/#post-3843 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:32:27 +0100 Reply to Topic Selection for 2023

I like food and movement….and food and borders. They can be portmanteau’d into one I think.

]]> 459bf90da2281ee2bd9e5970ef423494 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8143/#acomment-8700 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:53:17 +0100 Yes indeed. It’s burningly strong on the tongue I find when picked straight from the garden…needs taming!

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Picked herbs this morning, because I failed to make any of the recipes except saffron tea. Photo is too big to drop here. I have shiso, purslane, lovage, basil, […]

]]> a3912cdf171ef5a8188c83dfe7b0c38d Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8143/#acomment-8664 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:46:18 +0100 I have had to restrict mine. It’s very pushy! I use it like celery leaf, in soups for example. You’ll find those kinds of recipes in Fuchsia’s books. And with pork. And finely chopped as one of many fresh herbs in a vinaigrette or yogurt based dressing for potatoes or beets or…And a sprig in the cavity of a roasting chicken, along with a pricked… Read more

In reply to - Naomi Duguid posted an update in the group V-Fringe

Picked herbs this morning, because I failed to make any of the recipes except saffron tea. Photo is too big to drop here. I have shiso, purslane, lovage, basil, […]

]]> 8d4e1f0d898bda2cc0631ff0c6a3411e Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/egyptian-culinary-history/#post-3670 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 01:18:22 +0100 Reply to Egyptian Culinary History

Thankyou Mennat!

]]> 65d364f4e84648a084b366e55b2b0b1b Naomi Duguid posted an update in the group V-Fringe: Picked herbs this morning, because I failed to make any of […] https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/8143/ Sun, 12 Jul 2020 13:12:39 +0100 Picked herbs this morning, because I failed to make any of the recipes except saffron tea. Photo is too big to drop here. I have shiso, purslane, lovage, basil, coriander, tarragon, sorrel…

]]> 9 91f81919eb12272f0ea090a914501387 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/virtual-oxford/#post-3176 Sat, 11 Jul 2020 11:40:13 +0100 Reply to Virtual Oxford

How thoughtful of you Liz. Warm thoughts from Toronto

]]> 48a6b7784a5472dda087393ee4187969 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/7250/#acomment-7283 Sat, 11 Jul 2020 11:38:35 +0100 purslane…!

In reply to - Zeyno Gurses Dolay posted an update in the group V-Fringe

I found this wild herb surprise in my garden today. I shall let them grow a bit more than prepare a salad by adding ripest peaches 😊

]]> f2b73de03fc4852fd1068f049f254a48 Naomi Duguid and Vivienne Lo are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/6671/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 17:21:17 +0100 0 91e40020fd030933a4a83d260ef91589 Naomi Duguid and Devika Devika are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/6188/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 07:11:07 +0100 0 c21b5950ceab1c91bbfed60dc525b0ef Naomi Duguid started a new discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/the-spice-photos/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 19:05:33 +0100 THE SPICE PHOTOS!

I’ve just been looked ng at Jake’s collection of our spice photos. Fabulous. Do go visit

]]> 7ee52609f76e9cd6711b46fa24ae878e Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/5744/#acomment-5778 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 16:04:46 +0100 I have a tall flourishing lovage clump in my too-small garden. Great with pork. And in soups

In reply to - Helen Buckingham posted an update in the group V-Fringe

Just been making pork & lovage sausages – not very practiced yet at the linking so they are a bit uneven, but I do recommend lovage as a flavouring.

]]> 6a842c21787e1107492d154d942eccf5 Naomi Duguid posted a new activity comment https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/5012/#acomment-5775 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 16:03:43 +0100 ☀️☀️☀️

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I don’t live autocorrect. But it’s kind of fun to have “V-Fringe” transformed into “V-FRIDGE”!!!

]]> 7f472302123233f909ec776502f3c639 Naomi Duguid and Aleeshia Tozzi are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/5476/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 10:48:36 +0100 0 71089644a6286202731adcde38d570c5 Naomi Duguid and Nancy Jenkins are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/5112/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 19:15:43 +0100 0 3548d105f537fc6f65e64a8a7f4ebab3 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/zoom-account-and-app-absolutely-needed/#post-2626 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 18:11:14 +0100 Reply to Zoom account AND app absolutely needed

Fabulous!!! Brava!!!

]]> b55581bbbe81f65a7212933c72b5fe28 Naomi Duguid and Claude Chahine-Shehadi are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/5071/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:27:59 +0100 0 e091efc8a5732461dda5f0968336fac2 Naomi Duguid posted an update in the group V-Fringe: I don't live autocorrect. But it's kind of fun to have […] https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/5012/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:18:29 +0100 I don’t live autocorrect. But it’s kind of fun to have “V-Fringe” transformed into “V-FRIDGE”!!!

]]> 4 470dff1488118d8a6abef23a33425631 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/topic-selection-for-2023/#post-2403 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 21:07:18 +0100 Reply to Topic Selection for 2023

A great topic, for sure… Thanks Bel

]]> 5bdedd489f99e85d1bf54508ab20c85b Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/food-and-power-2019-proceedings/#post-2283 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:27:51 +0100 Reply to Food and Power: 2019 Proceedings!

Agreed. Such great papers!

]]> 34ef39198946774c5e2c086ac239fa72 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/zoom-account-and-app-absolutely-needed/#post-2282 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:27:16 +0100 Reply to Zoom account AND app absolutely needed

Also, make sure that you are registered with ZOom with the same email address as you used t register for the Symposium. This is critical.

]]> b7633c08017e22bcca6cbc631429bb27 Naomi Duguid and Sally Grainger are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/2686/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 10:39:04 +0100 0 14b94ceead5f72dbedfc163adabe9b05 Naomi Duguid and Priya Mani are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/2612/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:51:57 +0100 0 e2029ca3b60197d0c5b5f7edb819e144 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/welcome-to-first-timers-to-ofs/#post-2189 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:43:00 +0100 Reply to Welcome to First Timers to OFS!

So glad you could make it. Welcome!

]]> 1bd3459d1a2d6100d9871adb1e5ea6c4 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/welcome-to-first-timers-to-ofs/#post-2188 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:41:17 +0100 Reply to Welcome to First Timers to OFS!

Hi Barbara! So glad you’re here. Are you coming to the Fringe event tomorrow?

]]> 14d95ba31fbb88230f78069905a4c073 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/heatstories-podcast/#post-2187 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:39:25 +0100 Reply to "heatstories" podcast

So glad you’re here Gerald. I’ll pass along your news to anyone I think might be especially interested. Thanks for reaching out.

]]> a28440f25118487b1b76ef953aff77bb Naomi Duguid and Paul Freedman are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/2009/ Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:09:09 +0100 0 a29fd9c8358e8424e3bd6f48a3ee3645 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/exploring-the-bookroom-a-pleasure/#post-2036 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 17:45:48 +0100 Reply to Exploring the Bookroom - a pleasure

Glad you found it. That’s why the communication on this site is so great, because we all need a hand occasionally…

]]> 29e994e1f3c35378f6f38a224b37fd6c Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/posing-as-if-in-a-virtual-apprentice-working-under-david-tanis/#post-2011 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:22:53 +0100 Reply to Posing as if a Virtual Apprentice working under David Tanis!

Your annotations are so helpful and interesting. Big thanks.

]]> 56eddaba45187b787cb245fc891d7757 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/posing-as-if-in-a-virtual-apprentice-working-under-david-tanis/#post-2010 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:20:14 +0100 Reply to Posing as if a Virtual Apprentice working under David Tanis!

Yes, but I didn’t get to sit with you! Looks wonderful. Congrats. And such a good idea to do a dress rehearsal!

]]> 8c8e495187a60caedd52d55a2eb69b19 Naomi Duguid and Andiswa Mqedlana are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/1657/ Sun, 05 Jul 2020 05:19:53 +0100 0 a5580bd23d55c006472aca41a4eb205f Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/v-fringe-pre-opening-july-7-19-00-bst/#post-1998 Sat, 04 Jul 2020 23:32:58 +0100 Reply to V-Fringe Pre-Opening July 7 19.00 BST

🍷☀️

]]> 67e227b667db6f6a22edd38531997f09 Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/exploring-the-bookroom-a-pleasure/#post-1997 Sat, 04 Jul 2020 21:06:29 +0100 Reply to Exploring the Bookroom - a pleasure

Ive just had a snooze too. Yes, perhaps imagined “virtual” jetlag! Hugs

]]> f455b60b8d9554b6633ff10e05fb7e1e Naomi Duguid replied to a discussion in the forum General discussion https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/forums/discussion/exploring-the-bookroom-a-pleasure/#post-1984 Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:37:40 +0100 Reply to Exploring the Bookroom - a pleasure

Just go to the books tab, and then click on Bloomsbury and see the password there

]]> 57605670796f3c11a51dd214540d3085 Naomi Duguid and Shubhra Chatterji are now connected https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/news-feed/p/1462/ Sat, 04 Jul 2020 02:49:54 +0100 0