July 2004

Brie-licious

July 7, 2004

I do not have much of a sweet tooth – given the choice between a slice of cake and a slice of cheese, the cheese will win every time. But I am also not big on making choices – so in an ideal world I would want something sweet AND some cheese. So I am [...]

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How does Tarzan cook his meat?

July 6, 2004

On a gorilla… geddit?? Geddit??? Well, funny you should say that because to my great delight, I have just discovered that the next edition of Is My Blog Burning? will be hosted by the crew at Too Many Chefs. And even better – the theme is grilling and barbecuing! This will be my third contribution [...]

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Life’s a bowl of cherries

July 6, 2004

Well, even though we are apparently not having summer weather this year, at least we are enjoying the wonderful selection of fruit that an English summer always brings. Last night we had strawberries and cream. The week before we had a bag of fresh raspberries from our neighbours’ garden (traded them for some marigold seedlings!). [...]

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All creams are equal – but some are more equal than others

July 2, 2004

You know what one of the first things was that stunned me about London? No, not the art museums, the theatre or the architecture. The supermarkets! I remember when I came here on a family holiday in 1989, we popped into a Marks & Spencer foodhall to put together a picnic lunch and my mother [...]

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