December 2008

Quick “volcanic” apples

December 19, 2008

  Is it just me or are the days gathering speed as Christmas approaches??  They just seem to whoosh by in a blur, and before you know it the week's gone by and you have not got round to writing a single one of those blog posts you've been mulling over in your mind.  And [...]

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Sautéed curly kale with garlic & Parmesan – and lunch for a new mum

December 14, 2008

One of the first bloggers I met back in 2005 (confidence buoyed by my successful meeting with Johanna a month or two previously) was Jenni of Pertelote.  But if you follow her blog, you will have noticed that she's been awful quiet lately.  Has she moved to an internet-free corner of the world?  Given up this [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #16

December 13, 2008

  Odd man out  – Vienna, August 2007 A geranium-o-phobe? Or maybe just a hayfever sufferer :)  This is part of a series of non-food photographs that will be published every Saturday on CookSister. Click here for a full list of photographs previously featured.

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Ginger pannacotta with lime syrup – and a big hug for Barbara

December 7, 2008

The other day, I made a list of things that I am thankful for - and I truly am thankful for all those things.  But there were a couple of omissions from the lists, in the interests of brevity and not boring my readers to tears One of the things left off the list was this blog, [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #15

December 6, 2008

    Ronaldo, August 2007 Mature 11yo male, GSOH, physically fit, great moustache.  Likes: long walks away from home, spending time in the stables and a good roll in the hay.  Dislikes:  closed doors, cameras and rain. WLTM small flightless birds, or slow-moving tasty rodents - please send pics (and preferably non-returnable samples!). This is part of [...]

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Individual strawberry crisps

December 5, 2008

  Well, it seems it took exactly three days after the end of NaBloPoMo for the urge to blog to return.  That's got to be some sort of record I am finding, though, that my return to regular blog reading and commenting has been rather slow, having almost ground to a halt in the latter [...]

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