The ridiculous heat this weekend (seriously, 31ºC in Essex? Really?) has sapped my creative energy for cooking. I keep looking at the lovely ingredients in the shops and my brain appears to have short circuited. Where usually it is teeming with recipe ideas, this weekend it has been sluggish to the point of comatose. All …
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A Mango Masterclass at Suda Thai, Covent Garden.
My lovely friend Kavey gets invited to a fair few things and, I’m very happy to say, sometimes I get to go along too! Recently we were lucky to be able to attend a Mango Masterclass at Suda Thai, a chic – but not too chi-chi – restaurant in Slingsby Place, just off St Martin’s …
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Mediaeval Mince Pies
Seven years ago, I decided to have a go at making 'real' mincemeat. I saw it on a TV show and thought oooh yes. I love fruit and meat together so why not? I also detest most shop bought mincemeat so I thought making my own would make sense. Thanks to a lovely lady called …
Those strawberries that were in the fridge…
...are not there now.I got home from work and remembered that I had strawberries that we'd picked up on Saturday from the local farm shop of joy. We'd eaten a fair few but the ones left were about to go over. Not a person to waste food (no, really, I can't) I thought "Oooh! A …
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