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A gallimaufry
Gallimaufry: "a confused jumble or medley of things" Oxford Langauges "a meat stew called galimafrée" Merriam-Webster There's your new...
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3 days ago
Chicken and green peppercorns for dinner
“It was there all the time: That small, green, aromatic, fresh berry that eventually becomes our common black or white peppercorn was...
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Nov 16
Nigel's essential marinades
"little kitchen lifesavers" Nigel Slater This is the last of my Nigel's A Cook's Book Essentials - a group of first recipes, and these...
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Nov 12
Apple dumplings
"The crust, unhindered by a heavy filling, expands and flakes like puff pastry. When you cut into each, a trickle of buttery brown sugar...
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Nov 4
Roast pork with Robert Carrier
I'm not really proud of this picture, because apart from my poor photography skills when it comes to photographing food, I had, of...
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Oct 30
Coleslaw - not what it used to be
"Like many other culinary words – carpaccio, confit, trifle – its meaning has broadened, and now cabbage may not even be present at all."...
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Oct 29
Cookies are NOT good for you
"Every cookie is a sugar cookie. A cookie without sugar is a cracker." Gary Gulman These are my 14 year old grandson's favourite cookies,...
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Oct 25
Tonight's dinner - me or Ottolenghi?
It's one of those fridge challenge days, and I also haven't been able to tick off my new recipe challenge this week as yet. The...
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Oct 23
Apparently my shepherd's pie is all wrong
"The best cottage pies and shepherd’s pies are made with leftover roast meat, not mince. In fact, the whole purpose of these pies was to...
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Oct 22
Canada - " it's not just about the poutine"
"Okay, quite a lot of it's about the poutine" Hostelworld Indeed it is - it appears at the top of most top ten lists, but I have...
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Oct 17
An Elizabeth David recipe - some thoughts
"It is her recipes that I am grateful to have found as they are not traditional and they are not precise" The Simply Luxurious Life...
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Oct 14
Mishmashing cauliflower cheese soup
"mishmash: a confused mixture" So today I presented my cauliflower cheese soup to my book group colleagues and they pronounced it good. ...
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Oct 13
Last night's dinner
'A mashup between a Western steak and a Chinese stir-fry" Marc Matsumoto/No Recipes In an attempt to tick off my 'new' dish for the week,...
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Oct 11
'A soup of cauliflower and cheese'
"maybe, just maybe, this might be the cauliflower cheese soup I have been searching for all my life. This might be the one that wouldn't...
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Oct 10
A green sauce for almost everything
"There are no green sauce rules — only what tastes good to you." Margaret Eby/Food and Wine Today I'm back to Nigel Slater's batch of...
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Oct 7
Robert Carrier, chicken and grapes
"The grapes will soften, relax and caramelise into the winey sauce at the bottom of the pan. The sweetness compliments the chicken, and...
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Oct 2
Spätzle
"In short, this is one recipe guaranteed to improve your life." Felicity Cloake Even though it's a beautiful day - one of those perfect...
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Sep 22
A Turkish? salad - collected or created?
"a thrilling mix of flavours, textures and colours that is almost too glorious to look at." Claudia Roden Geography is what has guided...
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