Pulled Pork Brioche Buns with Miso Coleslaw

B has been on a mission to make pulled pork for quite a while now. He finally bought a huge hunk of pork and set about it himself, leaving me with whatever I wanted to make to...

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Cider with Rosie: PB&J Sandwich Cookies

When the wonderful Cider With Rosie posted these peanut butter & jam sandwich cookies, it was only a matter of time before I found myself eating my body weight in them. Pre-bake...

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5 Things

5 happy moments from this sleepy week: 1. Learning to knit (thank you Siobhan!) 2. Putting my iPod on shuffle 3. Cider with Rosie's PB & J cookies 4. A new Cleverly Wrapped scarf 5. Sneaking in 2 extra minutes in bed in the morning I hope you've all had a magical week. Happy weekend! ...

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Bill Granger: Chocolate Chunk Meringue Cake

Whenever B and I want to make a slightly-more-fancy-than-normal dinner, but we don't have the time to do that, Bill Granger's book 'Easy' is always pulled off the bookshelf. Well,...

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Feta & Avocado Dip

Some nights, cooking really isn't what I want to do. After those long, exhausting days of running around town, of things goings wrong, of disasters being resolved, of not enough...

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Rachel Phipps: Chocolate, Summer Berry & Amaretti Cheesecake Cups

When Rachel came up with this complex sounding (but actually super simple), chocolate concoction on her (far too brilliant) blog last month, it registered in my memory and came...

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Drink, Shop & Do

S was in London on a rare visit yesterday, so tea, cake and a catch up was in order. Somewhere central. After a little (read: long) time on Google, we settled on Drink, Shop &...

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Plum-Almond Cake

So when we're not eating figs in this little flat at the moment, we're eating plums. B's mum sent us back to London with a huge basketful the other weekend which I immediately...

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5 Things

5 happy moments from this week (which I've found rather difficult): 1. Franco Manca with maman, T & B 2. Film night 3. Plum cake 4. Pyjamas 5. Cuddles ...

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Yummy Supper: Fig and Almond Torte

It would be an understatement to say that B and I are a slightly obsessed with figs at the moment. My walk to work and back takes me past our local Turkish greengrocer every day,...

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Blueberry and Cinnamon Flapjacks

After a huge and perfect flapjack from Albion on Tuesday in the office, I was back in flapjack-obsessive mode. So when I hit tea o'clock and didn't have a flapjack to accompany...

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Plum Torte

Lottie & Doof told all his readers very simply: 'Make this cake'. Obligingly, I did.  It's the simplest cake you'll make. And I know you'll make it because you've...

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Rocket & Squash: Stilton & Fig Puff Pastry

B is now back at uni, back to student life. Except this new student life seems to involve a lot more work than our previous student life. This means evenings aren't the chilled...

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Brunch at Ozone

Two girlfriends offered to head East to meet me for brunch on a Saturday morning. An offer from West Londoners to head East doesn't happen often, so I had to show them the best...

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5 Things

5 happy moments from this week: 1. Flapjacks 2. Early evening walk to yoga along the canal 3. W & R's beautiful 'Save the Date' 4. Breakfast with B 5. Figs I hope you've had a beautiful week. ...

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Puglia Snapshots

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