I received the amazing 1080 Recipes (Simone Ortega, Ines Ortega, and Javier Mariscal) this Christmas and knew immediately that the first thing to cook would have to be a paella . They are the ultimate Spanish food for me. I know there is an awful lot more to Spanish cuisine than this dish, which is [...]
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I had my first Vietnamese cookbook bought for me this Christmas. A truly amazing book Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Recipes from the Heart (Pauline Nguyen), which is not only full of lovely recipes (with many photographs) but enticing information about Vietnam and the authors family history - documenting their escape from Vietnam and eventual resettlement in Australia. The [...]
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Now that Christmas is just around the corner I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all my friends and fellow bloggers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Here’s hoping you have plenty of chance to eat, drink and be merry over the festive period. Enjoy it, oh and do blog about [...]
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In the summer we decided that it would be a great idea to have a kitchen extension built to be used as a ‘pantry’ – absolutely fabulous thought I but the experience has been nightmarish. The builder we employed turned out to be a cowboy and we stupidly paid him half the money upfront, a mistake [...]
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The wonderful Brenda sent me a copy of Alastair Little’s Italian Kitchen: Recipes from “La Cacciata” (Alastair Little), a few months ago, and I’m ashamed to admit that yesterday was the first time I’d actually cooked from it. I bought a lovely piece of organic hip bone steak from my local butcher “The Butcher, The [...]
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When I received a box of goodies from Fratelli Camisa including jars of roasted peppers, pasta, risotto rice and Luganiga (Luganega) sausage I not only felt very very happy but most inspired. The items were a gift from my Dad, partly to celebrate the near completion of our pantry and partly as an early Christmas present. Knowing that [...]
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens; Brown paper packages tied up with strings; These are a few of my favorite things. Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels; Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles; Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings; These are [...]
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Inspired by the Aromatic Pumpkin and Chickpea Hotpot (Nigella Lawson recipe) on Pistachio’s blog I decided to create something similar myself based around what I had lurking in my store cupboards. The result was a Thai inspired Chicken & Vegetable Hotpot made from portmerrian squash, sweet potatoes, spring onions, peas, sweetcorn, left over roast chicken [...]
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