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Dec.16.2008
Here is my Christmas cake, it has already had two doses of brandy and has been transferred to a tin. The recipe is from the cake volume of the Good Cook Time Life series of cookbooks. Alas they are no longer in print, so look for them at used book stores. While the photography is no match to today'...
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Dec.11.2008
Finally it feels like Christmas, the tree is key. We picked ours up last Friday, selecting it in the dark and then hauling it up over the balcony into the apartment. We opted for this crazy method because the tree is tall over 3m/10ft, we have 3.5m/11 1/2 ft ceilings, and because getting it up the...
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Dec.05.2008
The advantage of living in a northern climateis that finally all those Christmas recipes make sense. In winter our body naturally craves richer foods and as there is a limited choice of fresh fruits, cakes and puddings are made with dried fruits. I ate Christmas pudding, cake and mincemeat in...
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Jul.24.2008
As a confessed chocolaholic lifer, I was happy to read all the brou-ha-ha recently about letting kids eat their dessert first if they want to.("Go ahead, kids, eat your cake first," by Tralee Pearce, http://www.latimes.com 7/24/2008). Two Montrealers called Marie Breton and Isabelle Emond...
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