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Sep 26
Cool as a cucumber
"Pert as a pear-monger I'd be, If Molly were but kind; Cool as a cucumber could see The rest of womankind" John Gay 1732 I was going to...
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Sep 11
"A warm pumpkin scone for a winter's afternoon"
"Sono una merenda scalda cuore" (a heart-warming snack) Profumi e Colori I'm going simple today because time is running out, but I am...
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Aug 11
Who was Betty and was she brown?
Or was she a blondie? Or even a teapot? Sometimes I worry that my brain is not connecting all its bits and pieces properly and today's...
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Jun 1
Beans, toast, an expanding world
"On toast, they are nothing short of sheer culinary genius. They are, I would argue, at their point of perfection when you can catch them...
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Jan 16
How basic can you get? Bread sauce
"Bread sauce: pure, holy, special, gentle, and kind." Ruby Lott-Lavigna/Vice (The version above is Easy bread sauce from James Martin,...
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Dec 1, 2023
It's summer - time for a warming bowl of soup!
"a soup with which to thaw a frozen soul." Nigel Slater Today is officially the first day of the Australian summer. In Gippsland -...
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Nov 17, 2023
Focaccia - very old and also new
"Of all the Mediterranean breads, focaccia (fugassa in the local dialect) - one of the great triumphs of Ligurian cooking - is the...
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Aug 15, 2023
The second time around
I tried to find an appropriate quote for this post, but although I found quotes about 'the second time around' they were almost all...
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Jul 24, 2023
Wee drams
Dram "a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink, especially whisky" Cambridge English Dictionary "A pour of alcohol. The amount is...
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Jul 13, 2023
Anchovies and breadcrumbs
"Parmesan of the poor" Sicilian saying Anchovies are one of those foods that people either love or hate. In this household we have one...
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May 30, 2023
Cornbread - I'm confused
"Everyone at least agrees that the best cornbread is made at home" Felicity Cloake "all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good,...
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May 15, 2023
Smidgens
"Smidgen - a small amount of something." Oxford Languages Smidgens the chocolates Actually Smidgens are also an American chocolate...
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Apr 24, 2023
Specks
"Speck - a tiny patch or spot" Vocabulary.com Speck So these are not really specks - they are too big, but it is Speck with a capital S...
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Apr 9, 2023
Unhealthily delicious
"cooking honey with butter and chilli until bubbling makes the most glorious topping to put on a grilled cheese sandwich." Drizzle and...
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Mar 12, 2023
I began with scaccia and almost ended with quiche
"Essentially, what they all share is the principle that behind a perfectly ordinary piece of pastry that looks nothing special on the...
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Jan 4, 2023
Rambling around a bread challenge
"the satisfaction of one answer merely leads to asking another question, and so on into infinity." Alberto Manguel David bought this...
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Dec 6, 2022
Malaysian food
"Roti, roti and more roti!" Granddaughter Abby Yesterday we received some photographs from my daughter-in-law, of the family eating out...
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Nov 28, 2022
More of a concept than a recipe
"the perfect “blotting paper” if a festive brunch is boozy or if you’ve overdone the festivities the night before: it puts you right back...
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Nov 12, 2022
The story of last night's dinner
"The cold fact is no matter what new dish we turn a hand to, eventually it will come to taste and look like everything else we’ve ever...
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Oct 29, 2022
Salmagundi
"The word salmagundi may be derived from the obscure 16th century French word salmigondis which means disparate assembly of things, ideas...
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