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 ==== Smoked potato skins ====
-The first amuse-bouche at Smoke & Vapour playfully questions the edge between food and waste, celebrating the culture of cooking with leftovers. In this course, organic potato peel is fried and smoked to become an alternative to crisps.
+//The first amuse-bouche at Smoke & Vapour playfully questions the boundaries between food and waste, celebrating the culture of cooking with leftovers. In this course, organic potato peel is fried and smoked as an alternative to crisps.//
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   * 2 white potatoes
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 ==== Smoked quail eggs with herbal mayonnaise ====
-Another waste-reducing recipe: eating eggs with shell. Not only are they surprisingly tasty and crunchy, the shells also contain a good amount of digestible calcium, excellent for bone density in cold wintery months.
+//Pairing smoke and egg yolk produces an intense //umami// experience, complemented by the crunch of the tea-stained shell and smoothness of the mayonnaise.//
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 ==== Peppers in granular dust ====
-With this recipe, even vegetable-phobic children will lick their fingers. The sweetness of the pepper combined with hearty smoke and crunch of the nuts pair well with the popping sugar. A dish that made everyone smile.
+//This recipe was composed through a series of incremental tryouts and accidental discoveries. The pairing of peppers and popping sugar is most surprising, while apple wood and sun-dried tomatoes combine to make an almost meaty depth and 'savouriness'.//
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 ==== Nutty crackers and steamed orange syrup ====
-A taste of tradition and comfort: home cooked crackers and the old-time favourite combination of carrot and orange.
+//To welcome guests we wanted to create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort, which baking (cakes especially) can bring about. A nut bread recipe from an old Women's Weekly magazine brought back memories of Sunday afternoons in late autumn, and we trusted it would convey some of these memories to our guests. It is served with a carrot-orange syrup, a traditional flavour pairing that needs no molecular analysis to be confirmed…//
 //Steamed carrot and orange syrup//
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 ==== Sparkling water with smoked ice cubes ====
-Smoked ice surprises most palates. It doesn't smell smoked, but as it melts it releases the subtle smoky aroma that is only recognised as it reaches the back of the tongue.
+//We liked the taste of smoked water, so the 'logical' next step was to try to freeze it. The ice doesn't smell smoked, but as it melts it releases the subtle smoky aroma which is only recognised as it reaches the back of the tongue.//
   * 1 litre sparkling water (or use a soda maker to carbonate plain water)
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 ==== Smoky mate ====
-A south American infusion to awaken bodies and minds, accentuated with smoke and agave syrup originating on the same continent.
+//The taste of mate is slightly smoky, as the leaves of yerba mate are smoke-dried. As it is a potent stimulant (for some it works better than coffee), we served mate as an aperitif accentuated with smoked wood and agave syrup originating from the same continent.//
   * 1/2 litre boiling water