This month's Daring Bakers challenge, hosted by Deborah of Taste and Tell and Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms, is Cheesecake Pops. Or, as I like to think of it, cheesecake-onna-stick. My love of cheesecake is legendary and of course,...
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Riddle me this... what recipe sprawls over ten pages and takes seven hours to complete? Julia Child's French Bread, of course! Julia Child evokes warm, fuzzy feelings in the hearts of many Americans, however on this side of the...
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...or how to dent your ego in one easy step. I've been baking Lemon Meringue Pies (hereafter abbreviated to LMP) since the age of seven, so when LMP was announced as the January challenge for the Daring Bakers--hosted by...
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Hay Hay, it's Donna Day! For ages now I've been stumbling across HHDD themes the day that entries close or just after. In December I decided to take charge of the situation and make a proper effort to keep...
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Do you look longingly at jars of fruit in alcohol when in your local deli? And then wince at the price? Me, too. But no longer will you need to regretfully place that jar of plump, luxurious fruit back...
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Leftovers. Such an unappetising word. Surely the collective mind of millions of food-lovers can come up with something better? At any rate, I always try to cook a little more food than we really need as I love to...
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Do you know what I miss most while dieting? Cheese? Nope. Chocolate? Nope; you can still make amazing low-fat chocolate desserts while dieting. What I really, really miss is pastry. Pies, tarts, pasties, and quiche. Oh, how I miss...
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I don't think I've ever cooked with dried sage, let alone fresh, which is pretty shocking when you consider how much sage and onion stuffing I've scoffed in my time. I picked up some in Sainsbury's earlier this week...
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I remember a time when carrot and coriander soup used to be considered almost exotic. Sure, Brits made carrot soup, but coriander? Now that was fancy. These days, carrot and coriander suffers from being commonplace and supermarket shelves and...
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This month's Sugar High Friday theme is Sweet Seduction. How could I resist? (A slight tangent, but I can't believe we're up to the 28th edition of SHF already!) In designing this cupcake, I was trying to capture some...
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Having been away from the world of food-blogging for quite some time, I've found myself quite overwhelmed by all the new weekly, bi-monthly, monthly and one-off events that have sprung up. How's a girl to know what's going on when...
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Spring has arrived in England; everywhere you look daffodils and crocuses are providing splashes of colour, brightening up gardens and roadsides. To celebrate the joys of spring, I thought that a nice brightly flavoured citrus dessert would be just...
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I love Creme Caramel and seriously considered making it for this month's Sugar High Friday, as hosted by Debbie. It just seemed a little pedestrian and obvious; I was therefore delighted when I stumbled across Flan, the Mexican version...
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I had a disastrous cooking session on Thursday when I decided to make my cookies for this month's IMBB (hosted by Jennifer, she's having a busy month!). I had decided to make some German Cinnamon Star Cookies from a...
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This month's edition of "Is My Blog Burning" is hosted by Donna of There's A Chef In My Kitchen. This months theme is wines and spirits which is perfect timing as I've just decanted my home-made strawberry liqueur! I...
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This month's theme for IMBB (Is My Blog Burning) is dumplings of all shapes, sizes and flavours and is hosted by Jarrett of Food Porn Watch. I had great plans to make some lovely pork dumplings with water chestnuts...
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I've had a lot of fun making my cake for this month's "Is My Blog Burning?" day, hosted by the lovely Renee. I've owned a beginner's piping set for a few months now, but I've only used it to...
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This is my belated contribution to Alberto's proposal for a blog cooking day - sorry Alberto! I dreamt up this soup a few years ago out of sheer necessity (i.e. the cupboards were bare) and liked it so much...
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