One recipe. Numerous sources of inspiration. 4 cookies.
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Merry Christmas 2009
[wpurp-searchable-recipe]Merry Christmas 2009 – – – [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
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We’ve ticked the box: Cologne Christmas Market, done!
I’m not one to turn down great offers, be it sushi or plums. So when a friend asked if I wanted to go with her and her kids to a Christmas market, I said yes! For many reasons including the top one – I’d never been to a German Christmas market before.
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On Copenhagen…
There is so much going on….it is unbelievable. Christmas has happened upon me…again this year. The only difference is that last year I dreamt of going to a Christmas market in Germany (and didn’t) and this year, tomorrow infact, we’re off to Cologne! And this year, there were only hopes…no dreams. I’m so excited. but...
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Santa Lucia…in the Netherlands
I’m amazed at how many events are happening this period. Sinterklaas and Christmas parties. An amazing time of culture and learning for me. Today it is the perfectly timed Scandinavia Santa Lucia celebration, and the American School of the Hague, with its large Scandinavian community is putting on a show . I also say perfect because...
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Sligro’s Christmas Party, 2009
If I say I love Sligro…one more time, what would you say or do? And The Haguest card, that brought us Eten & Drinken 2010? Would you think that I had gone over the top? Alright then, wait and see what fun we had and what great delights we had to eat at my very...
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Sinterklaas celebrations
Sinterklaas is come and gone, he’s hopped back on his boat – destination – Spanje! Dag, St Nicholas, tot volgende jaar (St Nicholas, till next year). But no one calls him Nicholas. It is the name of a saint and much too ‘uppity’ for your everyday Dutch man. The Dutch pride themselves on being ‘equal’,...
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Umami…the 5th taste, Selfridges and more on Baker Street
As soon as I stepped off the bus, heading for the FBC, the first thing to ‘appear’ right in front of me was Selfridges….and not just any section but the FOOD HALL of Selfridges. I put it on my to-do-list, which I was making up as I went along. Then I made a promise to...
