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August 4, 2010 · 2 comments

A Brief History of the Picnic [Article]

in Articles

Summer is fully upon us, and, as the sun begins to shine, nothing can quite compare to unfurling a blanket and lolling around in some dappled shade, fork in hand, enjoying the lush countryside, or sitting on golden sands hearing the waves lap against the shore. I’ve written for Dine and Cook about the history [...]

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July 28, 2010 · 19 comments

Eccles Cakes

in Cakes & Cookies,Vegetarian

Hot Cakes It is Salford’s sachertorte, Bury’s brioche, Bolton’s baklava and Chorlton’s croissant. It is the Eccles cake, a deceptively simple Manchester-made confection that ranks with the world’s best baked goods. In 1793 James Birch’s shop on the corner of Vicarage Road in Eccles began selling small, flat, raisin-filled cakes. They sold, quite literally, like [...]

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June 23, 2010 · 17 comments

Fig & Goat’s Cheese Salad

in Salad,Vegetarian

“Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.” Charles Dickens Figs are such a strikingly beautiful fruit, with their fresh green or deep purple skin and vibrant deep pink flesh what is there not to love? Fresh figs always remind me of [...]

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