I couldn’t believe my luck the other day when a huge parcel arrived for me; now that’s always a lovely thing to happen I’m sure you’ll all agree; but this was more interesting. On opening the cardboard packaging I found a lovely wooden chest filled to the brim with sweets galore Not just any sweeties [...]
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For the non Italian readers on this blog, the title means “What are we having with the bread?” A lovely expression which shows just how much the Italians value their bread. Maybe it’s a tourist or restaurant thing, or maybe I’m just an old romantic but I envisage a basket full of bread on the [...]
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“Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him.” Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes). I’m not a great lover of Shakespeare to be truthful, I’d be more comfortable curled up reading the likes of James Joyce or Oscar Wilde or something more modern and contemporary entirely but I do love mashed potatoes. McCourt hit the nail [...]
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It has long been a dream of mine to run a small cafe come delicatessen having only maybe four or five tables but providing a good range of world cuisines that could be taken home to reheat and eat that evening for dinner, the idea came from a lovely little Italian cafe I used to visit [...]
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdAu1318S7o] The above YouTube video is of The Corrs (my favourite band) performing Paddy McCarthy live, lovely piece of music don’t you think? Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all! Yes alright I know I’m a couple of days nearly a week late but cooking and working have gotten in the way of posting; I’m sorry. [...]
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Trouble At’ Mill was what A Matter of Loaf and Death was originally meant to be titled, I’m so glad they changed it, and if you don’t recognise the pair above they’re Wallace & Gromit. On first expectations Wallace & Gromit appear to be aimed at children but that isn’t the case, the pair seem [...]
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Woohoo! The new Daring Bakers Kitchen site is now up and running. Such an exciting new venture. Do pop by to have a look, it’s all jazzed up, all razzle, dazzle and there’s a public section alongside the ‘private’ challenge part of the forum, open only to registered members. There’s only one problem, its put [...]
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Until very recently I didn’t think there was such a thing as a guilt free ready meal, I thought them to all be full of e-numbers and other nasty chemicals that I certainly wouldn’t want my body to be absorbing. As you can probably tell by reading through some of my past writings here to [...]
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Nothing quite screams Domestic Goddess (or even Kitchen Goddess, lol) like home made preserves does it? Maybe home made cheese might but the sight of neatly labelled jars of home made jam does it for me This is the best jam to start with as it doesn’t need any testing or temperature taking or indeed [...]
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