February 2012

Saturday Snapshots #181

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  Star-spangled tree , Gothenburg – December 2011

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The Angel & Crown

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  They say that practice makes perfect.  If that is indeed the case, then Ed and Tom Martinmust by now be approaching the perfect pub.  Having previously opened a string of successful gastropubs including The Botanist, The Chiswell Street Dining Rooms, The White Swan, the Cadogan Arms and The Gun, they recently opened their first West End pub:  The [...]

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Chicken breasts in a mushroom marsala sauce with roasted beets

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  I have a confession to make. I like to think I have fairly good taste in art, literature and music.  I know my Beethoven from my Vivialdi.  I can actually recite some chunks of poetry from my beloved TS Eliot. I find fluffy holiday reading (especially that marketed at women!) quite unbearable, preferring Jane [...]

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Food halls, Feskekôrka and fika – a foodie weekend in Gothenburg

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We had been talking about fika constantly in the last few days before our trip. “We’re planning to have three fikas a day!” crowed Su-Lin on e-mail.  ”What??” I retorted, “We’re cutting down on fika??”.  And yes, we had barely been in Gothenburg three hours when we indulged in our first fika.  It had been [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #180

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   Shooting star – Austria, December 2011

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