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Menu du jour quirky : 26 Recipes


  • Recipe Happy Birthday to Quirky Cooking!!
    Happy Birthday to Quirky Cooking!!
    Guess what?  My blog is two years old today!!! "Happy Birthday!" How time flies!  I started this blog because I've met so many people who knew that certain foods bothered them, but just found it too difficult to change the[...]
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    Some weeks ago my hubby and I were at a BBQ where I met some girls who had just walked in with some pretty goodie bags. The bags were quaint but the cakes and savouries inside looked even more exquisite. I found out that they had been to[...]
  • Recipe Wooden Spoons
    Wooden Spoons
    I’ve been cooking at my Mom’s the past few weeks and find myself rummaging through her wooden spoon collection in search of the one pictured above. Yes, its bowl is broken,  but I like how it can simultaneously stir and scrape[...]
  • Recipe POM Wonderful Brownies
    POM Wonderful Brownies
    A few weeks ago the people at POM Wonderful asked if they could send us some bottles of POM juice to experiment with in recipes. Who are we to turn down free stuff? It’s a recession y’all! Rest assured we would never spend the time[...]
  • Recipe Sticker Shock -- Part 2
    Sticker Shock -- Part 2
    May 23, 2008, I had an essay, Sticker Shock , published in The Globe and Mail. In it I confessed to Impostor Syndrome brought on by a cobalt blue belly dance bumper sticker from my mother-in-law. With little talent and none of the elaborate[...]
  • Recipe Mash-up Redux at the Loft.
    Mash-up Redux at the Loft.
    Held at a ’secret’ location somewhere in London called ‘The Loft’ , The Mash-up is the brainchild of Paris-based Gastro-Architect Rachel Khoo . And LondonEater brings you all the sumptious action, from behind the[...]
  • Recipe How much do think your meal is worth?
    How much do think your meal is worth?
    Little Bay, Official site 171 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3AL 0207 278 1234 Price : Anything you like ( not a joke , keep reading.. ) I would like to pay £25 for a full dinner and drinks, anymore is a rip-off in these gloomy[...]
  • Recipe From the Archives: Carob is for the Dogs
    From the Archives: Carob is for the Dogs
    I'm on the road this week and will be dipping into the archives for a few tasty blasts from the past. This posts is one of my more popular rants. Now, let me tell you how I really feel... Carob is for the Dogs Click here for original[...]
  • Recipe Have you ever eaten in complete darkness?
    Have you ever eaten in complete darkness?
    There are only a few places in Europe where you can find a place to do this. Fortunately for us folks in London, you can experience this at Dan le Noir. No I’m not pulling your leg, this is a genuine restaurant and a very real concept.[...]
  • Recipe From the Archives: $112 Cinnamon Ice Cream
    From the Archives: $112 Cinnamon Ice Cream
    I'm on the road this week and will be dipping into the archives for a few tasty blasts from the past. This posts has a bit of a back story so click through the hyperlinks to understand why I salvaged $8 worth of brownies with a $112 ice cream[...]