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. Time also to say thank you to my [...]
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Dessert by David Everitt-Matthias (The two-Michelin-starred chef of Cheltenham’s Le Champignon Sauvage restaurant) is his second book, one that was always going to be compared to his critically acclaimed debut, Essence. Luckily Dessert is a great success, exploring the world of desserts, and pushing the boundaries, of the dessert chef’s art. Each of the book’s [...]
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Lamb took centre stage for me this week. The rarity of having the house to myself for the evening was occuring and this could only mean one thing – the cooking of a solitary feast that the rest of the family simply wouldn’t have cared to join me in; in other words a meal that under [...]
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Christmas is often seen as the time of excess and of great joy but it isn’t always that way for everyone – something the above music video brings home well. It was the lovely Jeanne at Food Blogger Connect (see the ultra cool video below and this article here) who introduced me to the BloggerAid [...]
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The first time I came across stifado was a young teenager on holiday in Corfu, from the first taste I was hooked. Strangely enough though until yesterday I had never cooked the dish at home. I don’t really recall much else from that trip to Corfu, other than a great many hill walking trips, but [...]
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When the lovely folks over at Abel & Cole sent me a fabulous selection of drinks to review, there was hidden amongst them a bottle of Prospect Sussex Pale Ale. Prospect is a traditional 4.5% Ale brewed by Hepworth& Co. a brewery based in Horsham, West Sussex (who also produce the Blonde Lager I reviewed a [...]
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Orange cordial is something I find very thirst quenching but hardly ever buy. The amount of sugar, colourants and other preservatives most contain scares me somewhat; even the brands marketed as healthy have an ingredients list that surely baffles all but the most food aware and scientific consumers out there. What with Christmas around the [...]
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