CELEBRATING THE STAPLES / ANCHOVIES

When anchovies appeared in the new world they hired a bad PR team. If you don’t like anchovies it’s likely that someone penny pinched and served you the wrong kind. Let us sort this one for good: brown anchovies are melted into food for salt and flavour – you shouldn’t be able to see them; white anchovies are meant for salad and pizza etc and used for acidity – they don’t dissolve. The difference between the two is like chalk and cheese.