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Sep.05.2010
I haven't done any cooking at all for the past fortnight. We've been doing some serious work to our home, so we've been too busy to think about food, let alone make it. Take-away has been our only sustenance. But now, as the paint has dried and business has returned to usual, we are back in the...
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Aug.16.2010
My article on food today on "This Mama Cooks!" might be if interest, as it deals with a subject we all confront sooner or later. If you garden, or even think about it, I hope you enjoy it.
Here's the URL: <http://www.thismamacooks.com/>. Click on "This Mama Cooks on a...
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Aug.10.2010
www.lldreamspell. com/KillerRecipes.htm I start with the URL because who can adequately describe a "Killer Recipe" book? The authors at L & L Dreamspell share a special camaraderie at their Yahoo group. They decided to put together a charity project that would reflect the nature of...
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Aug.08.2010
Before this evening, I'd never even seen goulash, let alone eaten it, so I thought I'd better stick to a fairly basic recipe. Ryoma became befuddled and thought we were cooking Stroganov, so his sous cheffing was a little below par. I'm thinking of docking his wages. Anyway, the recipe, which feeds...
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Aug.08.2010
Dine-in duckThe Peking feast is a Chinese restaurant staple, but you can prepare it at home by following a few surprisingly simple steps. Peking duck stuffed in Mandarin pancakes. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
A Peking duck dinner is a feast built from a single ingredient. It starts...
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Jul.27.2010
I'm rather fond of lentils... always have been. I especially like lentil soup. When I was a child, my mother had a hard time getting me to eat anything else for a while. It's a wonder that I didn't grow up orange. Perhaps the green from all the peas I ate balanced it out somehow. Anyway, despite...
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Jul.25.2010
My favourite recipe out of all the ones we've tried so far is the three cheese risotto, so I thought it was about time we tried another risotto. This time it's a tomato one, and a very tangy and tasty one this is too! We used organic baby plum tomatoes when making the recipe, but you could use big...
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Jul.18.2010
Last week, after being asked what couscous was like about three million times, Ryoma went out and bought me a little couscous salad from Waitrose. I realised instantly that couscous was my new best friend, likely to appear on my menu every day of every week for the rest of my life unless the world...
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Jul.11.2010
I think I must be the only person on the face of the planet who managed to reach adulthood without ever eating macaroni cheese. In fact, I'd never eaten macaroni at all until today. This evening seemed like a good time to put that right... after all, when is a good time to oven bake a dish if not...
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Jun.29.2010
Heavy, dripping fog hid any sun around here for miles inland early this morning. Swimming felt rough, a real challenge. Lots of bodies in the lanes creating circling currents induces fatigue more quickly. But, we were all in the same tub, so to speak, and felt an esprit de corps I like about...
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