July 2006

UK Foodbloogers picnic at the Henley Regatta – again!

July 19, 2006

I am standing in the middle of Paddington station – yes, grubby old Paddington – and I am the most underdressed person there.  Who would have thought. All around me are women in lovely frocks (I even stopped one on the escalator to ask where she got her frock from – to Nick’s mortification!), matching [...]

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Red pepper roly-poly skewers

July 15, 2006

I made these for my and Johanna’s rather fabulous "happy blogday" party a couple of weeks ago.  I am not a canape person by inclination – my eye for detail is far too easily distracted .  So canapes are not usually something I would make – and besides, having helped Johanna when she catered a [...]

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EBBP#5 – the taste of Summer

July 14, 2006

Apologies for the break in transmission, but I nipped over to Paris for a few days with a friend of mine – it’s a tough job but somebody has to do it!!    So now I owe you a write-up on THREE Paris trips – last summer, this summer, and a brief sojourn in winter.  [...]

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Nigella’s Bakewell slices & the Big Bakewell Taste-off

July 7, 2006

I have a confession:  I had never heard of Bakewell tarts, puddings, slices or any other variant of Bakewell confectionery until I set foot upon these shores.  Clearly the English who colonised my little bit of Africa were not from Derbyshire near the Peak District – this is where you will find the town of [...]

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Blogday Party

July 4, 2006

Just over two years ago, I took the plunge and moved from being a reader of blogs to being a real, live creator of a blog.  Thanks to the user-friendly Typepad templates, the site was set up in the space of one Sunday evening and before I know it I had three posts up.  And [...]

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