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Jul 18
Spaghetti pie, cake, slice ...
"simple, luxurious, yet slightly trashy" Jamie Oliver I didn't get to finish this post yesterday because I spent too much time in the...
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May 14
What to do with those pickled onions
"open mouth, insert pickled onion, chew" TheSkewed/Reddit commenter Well yes indeed you - well I - could just eat them. And I have to...
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May 10
Knish - Jewish pasties
"It’s heavy, redundant, and resolutely mild — not remotely designed to ignite your taste buds in any way — but, at its best, it’s also...
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Mar 29
Is this a listicle?
"You can write a listicle about any subject which can be divided into bullet points. That’s… pretty much everything." Corinna...
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Mar 9
I made some Priddy Oggies
"Their success depends on a certain skill, just enough to be both a challenge and a pleasure." Jane Grigson Last week was a 'guru' week...
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Dec 18, 2023
Christmas is ... mince pies
"I love a mince pie - that tiny, tender tart that somehow manages to hold the very essence of Christmas in its crust; the flavours,...
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Oct 3, 2023
Write, repeat; write, repeat ... chicken and leek pie
"There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Feeling a bit uninspired - a...
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Sep 30, 2023
Two English experiments
"We would be foolish not to try everything at least once." Nigel Slater I seem to have been on a bit of an English kick of late. Is...
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May 2, 2023
Fashionable foraging
"If it's had something urinate on it, it's good to eat." Mike Eggert "The face of Mussel man, a.k.a Lance Wiffen from the Sea Bounty in...
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Mar 24, 2023
Breaking my own rules
"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it." Henry David Thoreau For the last few years I have made myself a little set of...
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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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Feb 7, 2023
En passant
"if you say something en passant, you mention it quickly while talking about something else" Cambridge Dictionary So not really 'this...
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Oct 5, 2022
Charter pie
"the 'Charter'. Was it sweet or savoury? Was it in fact food at all?" Jane Grigson It begins with this man - Parson Woodforde a Norfolk...
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Aug 22, 2022
Samosas and/or bhajias for Zoe
"What you are tasting is the story of India itself - the product of the fluid forces of the great migrations and interactions that shaped...
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Jun 28, 2022
Which recipe would you choose?
"food writing is so cool, calm and collected that it’s nearly hypnotic" A Cookbook a Month So I have this big bag of silverbeet, some of...
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Jun 18, 2022
Some leftovers
"Leftovers - something, especially food, remaining after the rest has been used." No this is not a blog about how to use up leftovers but...
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Jun 8, 2022
Nigel Slater's pies
"The problem I have in describing his writing is that I can’t bear not to quote vast tracts of it. It’s just too good not to glory in." ...
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Mar 24, 2022
Something with mushrooms - and pastry
"Mushrooms, garlic, butter and thyme. I can hardly think of a better double date. even more satisfying, I think, is when there is some...
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