Food Weekend Guide
After a bit of a hiatus, the weekend guide, unlike me for now, is back in London! Fall is prime festival season so make sure…
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Sud de France – in London this weekend
For this upcoming week and weekend: Festival Sud de France! will be running from Sept 17 to Sept 30. It will kick-off this Friday the…
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Birthday dinner at Chevre d’Or
This is so delayed, it is almost embarassing. However, I must say that even weeks and weeks on, it was an entirely magical and memorable…
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Simple cassoulet
Sadly my obsession with cassoulet, which started a few years ago, predates this blog. I think it was two Christmases ago that I decided I…
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Crabfest weekend
Yesterday we went to the annual Crabfest in Piermont. It turned out to be a perfect day for a day of outdoors fun. Family and…
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Breakfast of champions
Just some pictorial evidence of what I did with some Smith & Wollensky steak which was unwisely left over by a fellow diner: Can you…
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Mom’s parmesan chips
Question: So what happens if you spray a lined baking sheet with some baking spray, sprinkle on good parmesan cheese in a circle and put…
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Summer cobbler
You can substitute various nuts and stone fruit or apples, to your liking, to alter this recipe. This would be great with juicy raspberries or…
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Squid!
You will need: 2 medium-sized squid fillets 1 lemon 1 bunch of cilantro 200-300g cherry tomatoes, depending on how much you like then 1 chili…
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Fun facts: storing tomatoes
Thanks to Lyn and Jean for sending this through from America’s Test Kitchen – always great to keep learning new tricks of the trade! We’ve…
