Today was a big, no make that a massive day in my life as a foodie. Why? A couple of weeks back I telephoned one of my local papers the Burton Mail and explained about how I’m writing my first book, my blog and my love of food – was there a chance of any publicity or [...]
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Since I started blogging I’ve used a Fuji Finepix F30 and the results are reasonable. It’s a great little camera for a point and shoot but I felt I needed to make the move to the next level, a digital SLR. I chose the Nikon D60 partly because of the website information and great reviews I’d read, [...]
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During my early teenage years my family and I spent several holidays in the Sunshine State of Florida, mainly in the Florida Keys, yes we did Disney too but the Keys offered so much more for us – a chance to see the ‘real’ Florida, eat well and relax. One of my favourite foods to [...]
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The lovely Elle from Elle’s New England Kitchen has created a great new blog award – The Hard Working Food Blogger award. When I took the plunge last October to join the food blogging community I expected to have a lot of fun with a bit of a challenge too. Seriously it’s great fun but [...]
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Strange title? Don’t worry it’ll all make sense by the end of the post A few weeks back I and a group of friends from Violets Pantry attended the BBC Summer Show which encompassed several shows including a food area. The day was superb, so good to meet up with forum friends and find out [...]
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You’re probably already rather sick of me going on and on about the lovely time I had in Norfolk and all the lovely produce I bought, well if you are skip this post because the entire meal I’m about to describe came from, you’ve guessed it Norfolk with a little help from an Irish cookbook,The [...]
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Lobsters have become somewhat a luxury item haven’t they, and this seems to have caused some need for chefs to get ultra-creative with them, why??? What is wrong with cooking them simply so as to enjoy their own natural flavours and sweetness to the fullest? It is one culinary thing I just don’t understand. So having brought plenty [...]
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Yesterday we arrived home from a lovely week in Bacton, North Norfolk; a beautiful and peaceful part of the country. We rented a cottage very near the beach and close to necessary amenities, although the cottage wasn’t quite up to standard, it suited our needs. The garden was quite big, which certainly pleased young Murphy (as regular [...]
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