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 …
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Lorraine Pascale’s Pain d’Epis
I have a confession to make. I cannot make bread. Anything to do with yeast based cookery seems to fox me completely, and I just don’t have that ‘touch’ that some people appear to. It tastes okay, but whenever I make bread it always seems very heavy and dense. I don’t mind it, not really, …
Greek Homestyle Pork or Hirino Spithkasimo
Now, before I start, I will say for the record that there is one sure fire way to annoy me good and proper, and that is to be a TV food show presenter who doesn't even attempt to say a Greek name but just takes the piss, even though the French and the Spanish …
The Cricketers, Clavering, Essex
There was a nasty rumour going around last month that The Cricketers had closed because Jamie Oliver's mum and dad had retired and Someone Else had taken over. This was a bit upsetting as it is a lovely place that we have visited a few times but huzzah! Hurrah! It turned out to be just …
I blog, you blog, they blog, WE blog
I have been thinking rather a lot lately about this whole food blogging phenomenon that has swept across the pages of our much beloved Internet. Long gone are the days when The Interweb was purely a geek preserve, a place to swap conversations consisting of capital letters and ASCII characters, spark amazing – and not …
Nigella’s Devil’s Food Cake
I did it. I actually followed a recipe for once. Ok. I tweaked it a wee bit *looks shifty* but only twice.Today is our 11th wedding anniversary and as my husband had been away (I'd not seen him since the Thursday before last) I decided to make a cake.Nigella's Devil's Food Cake looked like it …
Should you wish to see Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall…
in velvet flares, platform heels and with a glittery hair-do, go here and watch part one.http://www.channel4.com/programmes/tv-dinners/4od#2927221Camp as Christmas, and bloody brilliant.
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