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Mar 31, 2021
Basically French
There are two inspirations for today's blog - a first recipe and this photograph. The photograph comes from my daily art desk calendar. ...
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Mar 30, 2021
Bring a plate
"Yes, bring a plate is an Aussie thing, but what does it mean? According to the Australian National University’s ‘Meanings and origins of...
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Mar 29, 2021
Tzatziki
"Tzatziki, while being a ridiculously fun word to say and a very good name for a dog if you are in need of one, is a classic Greek...
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Mar 28, 2021
Fish pie and Fridays
"It's the warm, fuzzy equivalent of settling down for the Sunday afternoon film with a mug of tea" Felicity Cloake No it's not Friday,...
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Mar 27, 2021
Some more weekend oddments
"Make everyday your weekend. Make everyday a play-day …” James A. Murphy It's the weekend again and again I find myself searching for...
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Mar 26, 2021
Yum - potato salads for your Easter brunch
"What some call the “humble” spud, I think of as the most versatile, ever-surprising and flexible of vegetables. ... Even zooming in on...
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Mar 25, 2021
Elizabeth David goes academic - a first recipe
"if bread is to be a life companion, then we had best be choosey about it ... that is the essential concern of the book I have written." ...
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Mar 24, 2021
Celebrate with lunch
"Lunch is for wimps" Gordon Gecko - Wall Street "It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather...
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Mar 23, 2021
Carrots as heroes
"After the potato, what's the first thing on the veg shopping list? The carrot." Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Indeed - and that's what I...
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Mar 22, 2021
My attempt at the Roux brothers' lemon tart
"This is not a typical lemon tart you will find in a cafe. This is a tower of perfect lemon curd sitting upright, barely able to hold...
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Mar 20, 2021
Same old, same old ... Part 2 - cooking
"Cooking is not something you do, and then it's finished with. It is a thread woven through our lives ... It can never be an end in...
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Mar 19, 2021
Scotch eggs are not Scottish
"a patriotic counterpart to the usual modern British picnic fare of foccacia and Ottolenghi salads. The scotch egg, being robust,...
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Mar 18, 2021
Same old same old ... Part 1 - Parmesan and ricotta
Every day - 365 days a year - for I don't know how many years now, this lady makes ricotta twice a day, and helps her husband make...
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Mar 17, 2021
Are these the foods you buy all the time?
"New ideas for ingredients you know and love" Jamie Oliver Like Nigella's latest book, that I still have to get to, Jamie's 7 Ways, has...
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Mar 16, 2021
Pork pies - uniquely English
"The thing I can't resist is a pork pie. That's my idea of a lovely treat." Delia Smith My granddaughter and grandson, who both go to the...
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Mar 15, 2021
Not quite Nigella - a popular blog
"Back when I started, Mr NQN asked me how I would describe my style of cooking. I learned to cook by following Nigella Lawson so I...
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Mar 14, 2021
Burnt Basque cheesecake
"With a caramelized top that borders on burnt and a jiggly custardy center, Basque Cheesecake is a mind-blowingly delicious combination...
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Mar 12, 2021
Oddments for the end of the week
"an item or piece of something, typically one left over from a larger piece or set." Oxford English Dictionary My excuse today is lack...
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Mar 11, 2021
Quintessential Middle-eastern
This is a lucky dip post - I would have written about fish and chips because we were out for a pub lunch today - a commemoration for one...
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Mar 10, 2021
The Moka coffee maker
"Bialetti’s Moka pot didn’t just revolutionise the preparation of coffee, it revolutionised a ritual and precipitated a social shift." ...
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