The next best thing about not winning a quad of free tickets to a great shindig…
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Bad Bentheim, Episode 1: A peek into Germany
I’ve been away in the last few weeks – London (again), North of the Netherlands and last weekend in Germany! I’ve never been to Germany proper….I don’t think flying through Frankfurt qualifies as seeing the country so I won’t mention that. As you guess, that has been corrected, amended, changed. Now I can say with...
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The Fine Art of making Sushi
Oh my word. I made this! And sorry its taken a week to tell you all about it. Hopefully, the stopgap offering made up for it! Last minute offer. First minute response.
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Indonesian Satés & Soul
Talk about melangés…talk about Indonesia and its delicious patchwork of influences from all over Asia – peanut sauces and hot chilies from Thailand, Vietnamese nam pla (fish sauce) and terasi (shrimp paste), Indian spices, Chinese stir-fries… a conglomerate of tastes and techniques all rolled up. More often than not, a typical Indonesian meal combines sweet, sour,...
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My Vegetables: A – Z
All about | Dos & Don’ts | Preparation | Utensils | Cooking Vegetables| Vegetable list All about If you don’t know them, you can’t care for them…. or get the best out of them. That’s the philosophy behind this (useful, I hope) guide to vegetables. It will get updated as I find out and test more....
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Make Pesto
Pesto – meaning to pound or crush. The contracted past participle of pestâ and the same Latin root as the English word pestle. This classy sauce is made in Italy, loved the world over and has as many variations as there are edible green leaves. From Pistou to sun-dried tomato pesto and others made with Parsley, Radish leaves and even with peas,...
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Vienna
We saw | We ate | What we brought home | All the rest We saw Vienna. Don’t go to Vienna without travel insurance. You smile…. Hear my story. It was very well planned, this family trip of ours. I’ve gotten into a habit of doing loads of research prior to a trip and planning...
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Paris
We saw | We ate | What I brought home | All the rest We saw The first time I went to Paris (1999), I rejoiced in the fact that the French fries at MacDonald’s were truly French – better than I’d ever had, but then I was a single girl. The second time we...