If you had mentioned the name Hawksmoor to me five years ago, the only association I would have made was with London architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, protegé of Sir Christopher Wren and architect of at least six beautiful London Churches. Anybody who has walked around Spitalfields market or traveled on the DLR from the City to […]
Click here for a full portion2013 in review – my 10 favourite Cooksister recipes
So how is everybody feeling? Dishes done? Hangover receding from last night’s festivities? Feeling a bit peckish again? Yes? Excellent. Because whereas yesterday I shared my favourite restaurant dishes of 2013 with you, today I’m sharing my ten favourite recipes that I made here on Cooksister (in chronological order of posting). Are you sitting […]
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“People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.” – Anonymous
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Onwards and upwards – Obertauern, Austria, December 2013
Click here for a full portionClementine and cranberry upside-down cake
Regard the humble cranberry. Just like that plain Jane in your university history course who seemed to have nothing of any interest to share with the world, but who was actually a pole dancing rock climber in her spare time, the cranberry hides a multitude of facts and trivia beneath its rosy skin. How many […]
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Moonrise over the Dolomites – December 2013
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