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Less cooking, more baking
Two things always happen when I am having a busy time of it: 1. I eat more than the usual amount of chocolate 2. I stop cooking new things And lo, it’s been a couple of cocoa and comfort food-filled...
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Not your average bacon and cabbage
Internet, look at the state of my cabbage patch. I had no idea, back in June, that I was planting such a tyrannical vegetable. But, since then, my eight little Savoys have grown and grown, dwarfing the...
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Autumnal crumble
Despite this week’s unseasonably warm winds, autumn is most definitely on its way in. It’s my favourite of all seasons; a time for leaf-crunching walks, new crocheted woollens, whiskey, and warm,...
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Mapley banana bread
It’s fair to say that I have an odd sort of relationship with bananas. It’s not that I detest them, as such, but if I’m going to eat one, it must be just-so-ripe, and each bite washed down with a gulp...
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Sunday night soup social
It’s five months now since my photoblogger sister moved to London. I’ve found it odd not having her close by, although technology makes the distance somewhat easier. We Skype (yes, it’s a verb now too)...
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Easy boozy cranberry sauce
Cranberry sauce is not a foodstuff I think about much for eleven months of the year. Truth be told, having first tried the fakely sweet and solid from-a-jar variety, it wasn’t a foodstuff I thought...
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Pasty-licious Christmas leftovers
‘Tis the week before Christmas, and, as most people, I am totting up lists of ingredients, plotting side dishes, and wondering just how much food nine adults and three children can put away in one...
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Deer pie, dear
This has been the longest January ever, has it not? It took me a good two weeks to drag myself out of my sleepy post-festive state. No-one told me that hosting a twelve-person Christmas would be quite...
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Pork, slaw and a Dublin take on the blaa
The idea for Sunday’s dinner started, as so many things do these days, with a tweet. The talented Vlad from Arun, my local bakery here in the ‘batter, had something special up his sleeve for Saturday’s...
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Whiskey (truffles) galore
Whiskey Week comes but once a year, but oh, what a glorious week it is. This time last year, I wasn’t much of a whiskey drinker (with or without the e) but a day spent sniffing, swirling, sipping and...
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