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food, life, ramblings

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Happy Halloween!


This year we finally got round to doing a pumpkin, so took Gardenista's advice and made a starry sky.  The seeds didn't go to waste, and were mixed with sugar and spice and...

Monday, 28 October 2013

Coffee and Biscotti


Escaping the storm, we locked ourselves inside, and got to work making chocolate-dipped hazelnut biscotti, hoping that maybe school would be cancelled today and we could spend all...

Sunday, 27 October 2013

Apple, Walnut and Custard Cake


Saturday afternoon and I felt ill, exhausted and headachey. B went out to the birthday party we were both meant to be attending. I put my pyjamas on, dosed up on hot spiced pear...

Saturday, 26 October 2013

Wellies and Leaves


Tramping through all the fallen and falling leaves, admiring the colours, smell and sounds before the imminent storm violently strips the trees of their clothing, I was suddenly...

Green Fingers


After the scrumptious dinner I wrote about last week, followed by a day being a tourist in my old University town, we finally arrived home. The rest of the weekend was spent cooking,...

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Bake Off Watching Nourishment


I seem to be unable to watch the Great British Bake Off without having just put a cake in the oven, knowing it will be out in time for the revelation of who has won and lost. Maybe...

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Blackberry and Plum Streusel Cake


I promise the blackberry obsession will stop soon. In fact, this will be their last mention until next year. I've used them all up. This recipe was taken from Bill Granger's 'Easy'....

Monday, 21 October 2013

Baked blackberry and lemon cheesecake


Having spied this baked blackberry cheesecake on Caroline Taylor's blog earlier in the week, I checked with M and D that there were still a surplus of blackberries at home and...

Sunday, 20 October 2013

Half-way Home


The Old Bridge Hotel Rushed back from work on Friday evening, packed up a jumble of clothing and stuffed ourselves into the car in a bid to get to The Old Bridge in time for 8 o'clock...
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