February 2009

Here we are at the Daring Bakers time again, yippee! The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the [...]

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Yesterday I made my first ever batch of cheese, goats milk ricotta cheese to be precise. The recipe for the cheese came from a fabulous book The Home Creamery: Make Your Own Fresh Dairy Products, Easy Recipes for Butter, Yogurt, Sour Cream, Creme Fraiche, Cream Cheese, Ricotta, and More! by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley. Not only does this delightful book [...]

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You know something good is happening in the kitchen when you you’re walking down the garden path and the smell makes your mouth water as it wafts by; or at least that’s what my mum said when she entered the house the other afternoon; what prompted this? The smell of Seville Orange Marmalade Jelly bubbling [...]

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February 19, 2009 · 7 comments

Fusion Food

in Pastry,Product Reviews

A few weeks back I was contacted by a company who aid website owners in optimising their website to gain more traffic and, in turn, more customers from the search engines; thus improving their customer base too. So how did this apply to me? What role would I have? Well I was asked to test out, and blog [...]

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February 14, 2009 · 2 comments

Knitting Women Together!

in Chat

Please take the time to check out the CWA Exeter Crazy Cozies Competition website, and maybe you could also do something to help out too.  The Exeter branch of the CWA (Country Women’s Association) are doing something amazing, they’re making tea cozies to raise money for women with breast cancer, something that despite scientific research and medical advances is [...]

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Rachel Allen states she tasted a cake rather like this in Italy years ago, served with a small glass of amaretto liqueur – divine, well what do you know so did I and she’s right it is divine. I’d been trying out a few recipes both of my own and well known writers but none of [...]

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A couple of weeks back I came across a delightful recipe online for a Tunisian Fish Stew by the fabulous Claudia Roden.  The fact that Claudia Roden had written the recipe just inspired me even more, she is (it really must be admitted) at the forefront of Middle Eastern cookery having written many books on [...]

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