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Things you won?t see me blogging about any time soon?

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Just because I’m not blogging it doesn’t mean I’m not cooking, but not everything I cook (and eat) gets blogged about. You get what I’m saying? Sometimes it’s because what I cooked (or more specifically in most of[...]

Cherry Clafoutis Recipe

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Cherry Clafoutis (crap photo disclaimer: taken with my mobile phone!) There’s always an excuse. It’s been a month since I last blogged and guess what?  There’s another excuse! This time around, the excuse involves[...]

Orzechowiec / Walnut Cake Recipe

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Orzechowiec (Nut Cake) This is one of these posts I do every now and again where Gosia (debatably the “better half”) ventures into the kitchen and comes up with something I wish I’d done. Generally when that happens I[...]

Mia, February 2011

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A photograph of my daughter Mia, taken last Sunday outside a local pub following a meal with family. That’s all! Mia, enjoying the sun.

Parsnip Ice Cream with Beetroot Syrup

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Parsnip Ice Cream While this recipe hardly reaches Heston Blumenthal like levels of kitchen experimentation, it’s certainly raised a few eyebrows.  For some reason most people still seem to frown at the idea of a vegetable making an[...]

Chocolate Soda Bread Recipe

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Chocolate – It’s one of those things that everyone likes (in fact, I’m yet to meet someone who doesn’t love it!).   Mia , less than 2 years old, already stands in the kitchen pointing up at the cupboard shouting[...]

Mum?s Christmas / Yule Chocolate Log Recipe

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You know how sometimes memories just come flooding back?  Well it was when preparing for Christmas this year (wrapping presents for Mia , baking, all the usual stuff) that I remembered the Chocolate Log my Mum used to always make when I was small.[...]

Mince Pie Recipe

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I’m pretty sure that posting Christmas recipes on a food blog after the event has passed qualifies to be the dictionary definition of “missed the boat”. Regardless, I’ve been doing a load of baking (and, more[...]

In The Bag: December

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This month’s   seasonal food blogging event “ In The Bag ” is here, and this time it’s festive! Julia from A Slice of Cherry Pie is hosting this time around, and we’ve picked ingredients that are guaranteed to[...]

10 Great (Last Minute!) Christmas Gift Ideas for Foodies

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Christmas is a great time of year, isn’t it?  I know I shouldn’t say this, but…I just love opening my presents and finding that ‘Santa’ has delivered just what I was looking for.  It’s around this time of year[...]