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Nov 12
A dessert problem - vegan
First problem - what picture to choose to attract you to read? I shall be mostly talking about vegan desserts and the difficulties...
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Sep 9
A new pastry trick
"This is a revelation and one for which I will be forever grateful!" Creative Cooking in the Time of the Corona This is a lucky dip post...
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Aug 14
What I have learnt from making quiche
"This is the sort of cooking you always promise yourself you will do more of, because it turns making supper into a recreation rather...
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Aug 6
A freezer challenge
"Every week, I will learn to label one day I just know I will" BamaModerate/Reddit Every morning I decide what to cook for dinner. This...
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Jul 18
Spaghetti pie, cake, slice ...
"simple, luxurious, yet slightly trashy" Jamie Oliver I didn't get to finish this post yesterday because I spent too much time in the...
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Jul 12
Elizabeth vs Nigel - pastry, onions, cheese
"my favourite savoury tart. It made it's first appearance in Appetite and I make it to this day." Nigel Slater A few weeks ago now, in...
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May 14
What to do with those pickled onions
"open mouth, insert pickled onion, chew" TheSkewed/Reddit commenter Well yes indeed you - well I - could just eat them. And I have to...
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May 2
Amuse-bouches
Amuse-bouches: "a bite-sized hors d’oeuvre sent out at the whim of the chef, to whet diners’ appetites (or “amuse the mouth”) for the...
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Mar 29
Is this a listicle?
"You can write a listicle about any subject which can be divided into bullet points. That’s… pretty much everything." Corinna...
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Mar 15
"A gentle hum of happiness" Dessert
"a dessert must feel familiar, yet somehow improved." Yotam Ottolenghi Another day, another quote, this time from Yotam Ottolenghi - yes...
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Jan 14
An American in Paris - David Lebovitz
"You can read about a French liqueur, or a cheese like Comté or Brie, but until you go to where it’s made, you can’t truly understand...
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Nov 9, 2023
The internet does not know everything
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." Daniel J. Boorstin This was just going to be...
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Oct 29, 2023
Solving the leftover problem - 1
"The main flavouring ingredients should be well spiced and piquant; they can vary according to the taste and skill of the cook." Jane...
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Jul 5, 2023
Mishmash
Mishmash "untidy or confused mixture of different things" Macmillan Dictionary "a random bunch of odds and ends" Vocabulary.com...
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Jun 13, 2023
Ottolenghi's tomato tarts
"The best thing to do to overcome feeling downcast and gloomy is to eat tomatoes a few times a week, say researchers." The Health Site I...
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Jan 27, 2023
Whim whams
"This kind of thing is more a delicious mouthful at the end of a meal, than a pudding." Jane Grigson It's not the end of a meal - I'm...
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Jan 7, 2023
An almost perfect tomato tart
"Use of lime juice, tomatoes and spice in some recipes is amazing!" An Amazon reviewer I've spoken about tomato tarts before - how...
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Sep 30, 2022
Dukkah - how did we do without it?
"a deeply fragrant, crunchy mix, neither paste nor powder, but somewhere in between, and deeply, headily scented. ... Sometimes I tip it...
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Sep 29, 2022
Experimenting with galettes
"In short, vegetables luxuriating in a bath of fat, cradled in more delicious fat. That's called a galette, FYI." Daniel Gritzer -...
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