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Chestnut Season
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I grew up in the South African Cape which is really a sort of chestnut desert where, apart from my mother’s Marron glacé, I never really came into contact with them. This changed rather dramatically …

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Articles Archive for July 2010

Weekend Stress Relievers – Caramelized Onion & Mustard Tart
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 15:33 | View Comments
Weekend Stress Relievers – Caramelized Onion & Mustard Tart

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It’s just after lunch on a Friday and the Cape has gone home to prepare themselves for the weekend – it’s exhausting business, after all. Some of the dedicated few will attend last minute meetings …

Newent Onion Fayre Soup
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 13:34 | View Comments
Newent Onion Fayre Soup

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Food festivals are my favourite thing and I’ve been to plenty, mainly because there’s something about large quantities of food in a single location that makes my spirit soar. The Newent Onion Fayre that’s …

Layered – Four Onion Risotto
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 12:28 | View Comments
Layered – Four Onion Risotto

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I was chatting to my daughter last night and, because I was really stuck, the subject of onions came up and knew that if anyone could inspire me, it would be her. As always I …

Onion Fever
Thursday, 29 Jul, 2010 – 20:14 | View Comments
Onion Fever

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Writing about onions is a tricky business but when I got mail from the  Newent Onion Fayre yesterday telling me about their Gloucestershire festival, I just couldn’t resist it and had to show them that …

Abu Dahbi – Land of the Gazelles
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010 – 22:02 | View Comments
Abu Dahbi – Land of the Gazelles

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I always wanted to visit Arabia when I was a young girl because I was dead sure there’d be plenty of beautiful treasures in magic tents and terribly handsome princes on camels just waiting for …

Fakhitha Bel Laban
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010 – 22:01 | View Comments
Fakhitha Bel Laban

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I was racking my brain for something suitable for the executive – something simple, yet exotic enough to suit today’s edition and then Ahmed gave me his mom’s recipe for a leg of lamb!  Oh …

Salama and her Daughters – Aijet Beythat
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010 – 22:00 | View Comments
Salama and her Daughters – Aijet Beythat

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I love the story of Salama and her daughters because, in an odd sort of way, it seems suitable for a food site.  She was a giant jinni who lived at the bottom of the …

Food for Kids – Pan de Banano
Wednesday, 21 Jul, 2010 – 17:47 | View Comments
Food for Kids – Pan de Banano

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Banana bread is as popular with Guatemalan children as with any other children around the world – maybe more so because it’s one of the three main exports of the country. The World Bank says …

Chichicastenango – City of Nettles
Wednesday, 21 Jul, 2010 – 15:43 | View Comments
Chichicastenango – City of Nettles

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I’m an eternal romantic and as much as I’ve always wanted to be one of those cool, mysterious, sophisticated women, I’ve finally accepted that I’m not, nor will I never be. There’s nothing cool about …

Guatemala – Food in The Land of Eternal Spring
Wednesday, 21 Jul, 2010 – 3:03 | View Comments
Guatemala – Food in The Land of Eternal Spring

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Today’s post was inspired by the latest disaster blockbuster to hit the cinema scene – 2012.  As if the past year’s Mayan mania wasn’t enough, I will now be faced with more of the same …