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Sep 30, 2021
Chia pudding/pots - are they really delicious?
"Oh good lord .. this is not a pudding.. it IS rabbit droppings in a bowl of post nasal drip." - a blog commenter I have been chia seed...
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Sep 29, 2021
A bee adventure
"Australia is a major exporter of bees and by keeping our population healthy we have the potential to re-populate the world’s bees." Bee...
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Sep 28, 2021
Gruyère doesn't just come from Gruyères
"A palate of vast complexity, Gruyere enjoys ever evolving nuances. Opening with full-bodied, fruity tones, the flavours slowly journey...
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Sep 26, 2021
A word from - Simon Hopkinson
"Simon was never tempted to put risotto with cranberries and white truffles on the menu. Rather, he ate and mastered great standards,...
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Sep 25, 2021
Eating gin and tonic
"Please note: sipping a gin and tonic while making this dish is a must." Matt Wilkinson The dish he is referring to is this - G&T...
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Sep 24, 2021
Arancini - Sicilian leftovers
"anything you can enjoy in risotto, you can make into risotto balls." Chef Paul (Paul Shufelt) - Edmonton Times We tend to think of...
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Sep 23, 2021
"Perfect until you make it better"
I wrote that quote down recently as a potential subject for this blog. However, when I decided to do it today - inspired by something...
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Sep 21, 2021
Shopping - part 2 - supermarket minefields
"Grocery stores serve as a reflection of what is going on in society." Good Housekeeping In one of life's little coincidences I saw this...
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Sep 20, 2021
Odds and sods
"An assortment of small, miscellaneous items, especially those that are not especially important or valuable." It's a miserable day...
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Sep 19, 2021
Shopping - part 1 - no expense spared
"Few recipes so perfectly illustrate what I have been banging on about for years - that the integrity of the ingredients is more crucial...
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Sep 18, 2021
Peppers from Piedmont - or Elizabeth David?
"This recipe is quite simply stunning: hard to imagine how something so easily prepared can taste so good." Delia Smith These are the...
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Sep 17, 2021
Tried and true vs New and different
"Feelings of emptiness are normal in times of stress and uncertainty. But isn’t cooking supposed to be a balm?" Helen Rosner - The New...
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Sep 16, 2021
I failed - lucky dip
"failure is funny, and makes for great story-telling" Claire Lower - Lifehacker The above is what I was aiming for last night for dinner....
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Sep 15, 2021
Trying to please everyone
"Compromise" is so often used in a bad sense that it is difficult to remember that properly it merely describes the process of reaching...
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Sep 14, 2021
I'm missing cake - well dessert really
"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" William Shakespeare Today I have been flicking...
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Sep 13, 2021
Beauty to tempt you
"we eat first with our eyes" Anon "Unless the food is being photographed as evidence, the point is to make people want to grow, cook,...
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Sep 12, 2021
Crossing the bridge noodles
"The dish relies on great chicken stock - so much so that restaurants guard their recipes like crown jewels." Tony Tan I'm back to first...
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Sep 11, 2021
Breakfast salads
"Basically it’s your fry-up PLUS the ingredients of a nutrient-packed green smoothie, all on one plate." Lucy Feagins - The Design Files...
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Sep 10, 2021
Nduja
"you can—and probably should—be incorporating this stuff into almost everything you cook." Elazar Sontag - Serious Eats Not in this...
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Sep 8, 2021
Knickerbocker glories and banana splits
Summer is on its way so I think it's alright to talk about ice-cream. On the left is a photograph from one of those old delicious....
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