I am embarrassed to admit that, when I first met Nick 9 years ago, I did not eat curry. Well, I ate my mom’s famous chicken curry (recipe sadly missing, otherwise I would be making it by the bucket), but that was more of a sweetly curry-flavoured chicken stew – think warm coronation chicken – […]
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OK, you can stop all that juvenile giggling at the back of the class. And before concerned food blogging moms get NetNanny to block my site forever more, let me point out that this is serious business and we don’t have time for fooling around… 😉 The ever-popular Waiter, There’s Something in My… event is […]
Click here for a full portionSan Lorenzo tasting dinner at Osteria dell’Arancio
Those of you in London may have heard of San Lorenzo: they are purveyors of fine Italian fare via mail order, fresh from Bella Italia. But I came across them in a wholly different manner, via their most charming representative Sara’s blog. Sara not only blogs and turns her had to photography, but she is […]
Click here for a full portionPizza inspirations – fig, Brie and Prosciutto
Weekends here at Chez Cooksister are pizza time. The last hour at work on Friday is made bearable only by the thought that soon I can come home, put on my comfy clothes, sip some red wine and chat to Nick while I make pizzas for dinner. Quite a far cry from my student days […]
Click here for a full portionBroad bean, cheese and ham tart
After spending a summer complaining relentlessly about how awful the weather was (and trust me, it was awful!), I am pleased to say that we have been blessed with a glorious autumn. There were some gorgeous days at the end of last week and even I have to admit that today was such a glorious […]
Click here for a full portionA post a day for NaBloPoMo 2007
Hands up – who’s heard of NaNoWriMo? That’s short for National Novel Writing Month, the literary challenge where once a year, amateur and professional writers from all over the world sign up to try and write a novel of at least 50 000 words during the month of November.
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