I’ve written about Theobroma Cacao (that’s chocolate to you & I) for the Instant Expert section of Eat Me Magazine. You can by Eat Me Magazine at various locations including WH Smith, or subscribe via their website. Has the article whetted your appetite for chocolate? Does your mouth water as you imagine a big slab [...]
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Norfolk has more than its fair share of pretty villages and beautiful coastal towns but Burnham Market surely is the jewel in the crown. Burnham Market is a rather chi-chi North Norfolk town brimming with posh boutiques, galleries and delightful artisan food shops. It is not without good reason that Burnham Market gained the nickname [...]
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Relax … Enjoy … Unwind – the slogan seen throughout Cafe B (Burton on Trent) is supposedly to set the tone of the place. Come in take a seat, let your troubles pass you by as you sit and chill out with a beverage and meal or cake in a cafe with a calm and [...]
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Not so long back I visited Cley Next The Sea in North Norfolk, a lovely place and one that I would return to again and again. The village is home to a fabulous Smokehouse, and of course I just had to bring back a sample of their delightful produce home with me. All the smoking [...]
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It seems all too long ago that I visited the wonderful Umbrian city of Assisi, it is in fact nearly two years since I walked the cobbled streets, enjoyed the Italian culture and above all ate and drank some of the most delectable things I have ever sampled. So why am I only telling you [...]
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Farmhouse bread for me is the kind of old-fashioned, homey bread that I imagine people of my parents generation and beyond buying from their local bakery or village store on a more or less daily basis. My Dad for instance remembers being sent to buy a farmhouse loaf like this and battling the urge to [...]
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My lovely Israeli friend Francesca has just sent me the most delightful parcel full of gorgeous spices, cupcake cases and a stunningly beautiful plate which is an example of traditional handmade Israeli pottery. I felt so overwhelmed it brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Francesca, you really do spoil me Ok so armed [...]
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Yesterday I managed to finish work earlier than expected and yet still couldn’t find enough ‘get up and go’ to get into the kitchen and prepare dinner; a take out it would have to be. My local take out of choice is normally a pizza from a local pub simply because the other take-aways local [...]
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I do love spending time on the coast, it’s not the beach that I’m overly fond of (I don’t ‘do’ lying on the beach sunbathing) although I do like to feel the sand between my toes; it is the sea itself. From the gentle lapping of the waves to the rougher tides I love to [...]
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Inspired by a lovely punnet of frozen raspberries and some gorgeous red currents sitting in my fridge I decided to get cake baking again, after all the Grape Crumble Cake only lasted a day (oops)! This time though I didn’t want to go following another chefs recipe, I wanted this to be all mine I [...]
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Summertime and the livin’s easy, Fish are jumpin’, and the cotton is high. Summertime – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin We arrived back from Norfolk at the weekend, oh how I wish I was still there! It couldn’t have been more perfect, glorious weather (apart from one afternoon of rain), lovely places to visit, early morning [...]
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