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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 …

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The French Connection – A French Toddy
Monday, 15 Jun, 2009 – 22:25 | View Comments
The French Connection  – A French Toddy

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In the days of Napoleon coffee, as drunk by the French, was considered to be the best there was by the connoisseurs. Cast iron coffee roasters and wooden coffee grinders were de rigueur in all …

This Thing Called Taste – Youvarlákia
Saturday, 13 Jun, 2009 – 13:29 | View Comments
This Thing Called Taste  – Youvarlákia

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When food is prepared in a kitchen not renowned for hygiene or plastered with so many herbs & spices that the nose becomes confused there is no taste. Without exception we find this type of …

The Speed Of Life – Asparagus and Shrimp Pasta
Friday, 5 Jun, 2009 – 17:32 | View Comments
The Speed Of Life – Asparagus and Shrimp Pasta

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Much has been written about the dilemma of the speed of life and yet we aren’t able to slow down enough to live it. There has never been a time when money wasn’t scarce, it’s …

In Loving Memory – Oxtail in Red Wine
Tuesday, 2 Jun, 2009 – 21:09 | View Comments
In Loving Memory – Oxtail in Red Wine

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Brazilian air force aircraft searching the Atlantic Ocean for a missing Air France flight that had been carrying 228 people ….. found debris from a plane, an air force spokesman said today. The “small remains” …

Executive Food – Instant Coffee Omelette Rothschild
Tuesday, 2 Jun, 2009 – 0:49 | View Comments
Executive Food – Instant Coffee Omelette Rothschild

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Instant coffee was first created 1901 by Satori Kato, a Japanese American scientist, who lived in Chicago at the time. He introduced the powdered substance in Buffalo, New York, at the Pan-American Exposition.  Five years …

Adapt or Die – Chocolate Pudding Feast
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 – 0:31 | View Comments
Adapt or Die – Chocolate Pudding Feast

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Barak Obama has recently backed Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic in the history of the United States of America to be come a Supreme Court judge. The event wasn’t given as much publicity …

Chocolate, The Answer to Peace – The Peace Brownie
Friday, 22 May, 2009 – 11:57 | View Comments
Chocolate, The Answer to Peace – The Peace Brownie

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“They have been described as the most ruthless terrorists on US soil since 9/11, but of the four men arrested in New York, one says he was on drugs and another that he is illiterate…..in …

The Inedible Dollar – Kashmiri Batak
Tuesday, 19 May, 2009 – 16:49 | View Comments
The Inedible Dollar – Kashmiri Batak

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When we give someone a complicated recipe, we usually provide exact details to assist them in preparing it correctly. We include notes to ensure they don’t make the same mistakes that we did when we …

Coffee Condemned, Coffee Vindicated
Friday, 15 May, 2009 – 11:20 | View Comments
Coffee Condemned, Coffee Vindicated

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How often do we condemn something of which we bear no knowledge?  Swayed by what our friends and peers have to say, we’ve lost the ability think for ourselves and make our own decisions, even …

The Holy Trinity – Mung Urad Nu Dal
Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 – 1:44 | View Comments
The Holy Trinity – Mung Urad Nu Dal

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I’ve often wondered about the holy trinity and about it’s importance. It’s so much part of our lives that we rarely take a moment to think about it at all and I’ve never met anyone …