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Lime Tart – New York Dreams of LA citrus
I arrived in New York after the big snow storm and was greeted by a light flurry. Thick snowflakes drifted out of the night sky, everything felt magical and my excitement for my trip grew. I was glad...
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My Best Traditional Marmalade Recipe
Rather like tea, marmalade is a favorite of the British and yet unlike many other of the Old World culinary traditions this one was never really fully adopted in the New World. Too bitter, too bitty...
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Scrambled Eggs and Smoked Salmon
“Right food, right place, right time.” So begins Nigel Slater’s The Kitchen Diaries. He goes on to describe meals reliant upon time and space – a crab sandwich by the sea in summer or roast goose and...
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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – perfect scones for a very English cream tea
It has been a busy weekend celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with lots and lots of bunting, cool cucumber sandwiches, God Save the Queen biscuits, towers of jam tarts, Victoria Sandwich Union...
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A cake for Lisa, with a little help from Nigel Slater
I’ve been cooking a lot from The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater – I mean an awful lot! First for a Spoons dinner a few weeks ago and then on Saturday for my Mother Forkers...
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Simple Strawberry Water Ice Recipe
The strawberries are particularly good this summer – or maybe it’s just because I’ve been enjoying them as I watched a fabulous Wimbledon these last few weeks. Did you sob like a baby when Murray lost...
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Happy Birthday to You! Squashed Tomatoes and Stew!
First up – how lovely is this card from my friend Caroline? The message made me smile – ‘When you look good, you feel good.’ Plus I love that it’s Marie Antoinette who is supposed to have said those...
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Virtual Dinner Parties, TV Dinner Parties and Actual Dinner Parties
With two days to go until the official launch of her book Keys to the Kitchen, Aida Mollenkamp is hosting a fun virtual dinner party to celebrate. I will be bringing the Sticky Buns that I made for...
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Diaries of Every Description
As we begin a new year it’s all about calendars, diaries and planning over here. For Christmas I made up desk diaries with photographs for all my nearest and dearest using Blurb. Here is the one I...
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Australian Meat Pie Challenge – recipe
I have been working on a really fun and exciting life changing new project with my two friends – Lucy Dahl and Emma Cheney. Lots more to share about this in the coming weeks and months but today I...
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