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Wales and Welsh Cakes

29 August 2011 27 comments

We’ve been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to go to Wales twice, both times for weddings of close friends. It is such a beautiful country, particularly if you head outside of Cardiff where you will see picturesque rolling hillsides, lush green farms and, if you make it that far, magnificent coast lines.

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Profiteroles with Burnt-Sugar Custard & Chocolate Sauce

25 August 2011 9 comments

If I had to name one dessert as my “desert island dessert”, it would probably have to be profiteroles. It seems most people are abuzz with French macaroons these days (which I also adore) but, to me, the profiterole is what encapsulates a typically French dessert. There is something about the sweet custard encased in [...]

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Crisp Silken Tofu in a Tomato and White Pepper Sauce

22 August 2011 7 comments

I had to renew my work visa the other day, which necessitated a trip to the immigration office so that I could be fingerprinted and all the rest. The only thing worse than taking an hour out of my day to visit a government office was posing for my mug shot and realising that I [...]

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Ginger & Honey Snaps

10 August 2011 11 comments

The past week has been rather stressful for me and I have been longing for some comfort food in the form of home-baked cookies. And for some reason, ginger snap biscuits were on my mind. I’m not sure why because I haven’t eaten ginger snap biscuits since … at least 5 years ago when I [...]

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Waffles

8 August 2011 14 comments

I have to admit that I haven’t really been into waffles until quite recently. As a child growing up in Australia, my memories of waffles were of those pre-made, pre-packaged ones sold in the bakery section of the supermarket. Not very enticing. As I grew older and acquired more stamps in my passport, I recall [...]

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Aubergines with Buttermilk Sauce (again!)

7 August 2011 0 comments

Early this morning, one of my neighbours knocked on my door and suggested a barbeque at her place in the evening with some other neighbours. Such spontaneity is not common in Switzerland and I happen to love informal gatherings like these at short notice. Given that one neighbour happens to be a vegetarian, the first [...]

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Cinnamon Donuts

5 August 2011 28 comments

I love donuts. I particularly love them hot, fresh from the vat and sprinkled with lots of sugar and ground cinnamon. Give me a donut and a cup of coffee for breakfast and I’m a happy camper. Now probably isn’t the best time to confess that I once had an addiction to cinnamon donuts. I [...]

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Fish Cakes with Coriander, Ginger & Chillies

22 July 2011 13 comments

Further to my previous post, we still had another 1 kg of potatoes to get through, and as we are going away next week, I had to come up with a way to use those potatoes. And then, by chance, Carrie from thePatternedPlate posted her delicious recipe for fishcakes (or, as they are called in [...]

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Braised Chicken with Mushrooms, Potatoes & Thyme

15 July 2011 6 comments

When hubby is on his own, he tends to cook really simple food like pasta. Just pasta. Oh and maybe a grating of parmesan cheese if there happens to be some in the fridge. Or he might just boil potatoes. Or he goes all out and raids my cookbook collection to produce something really elaborate [...]

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Soba Noodles with Shitake Mushrooms and Bok Choy

12 July 2011 0 comments

Last night’s dinner was supposed to be Yotam Ottolenghi’s Mee Goreng from Plenty. Unfortunately, the trip to the supermarket for the necessary ingredients turned out to be very disappointing. I’m currently working in the mid-West in the US and while I should be grateful that the local supermarket even has an aisle for “Global Cuisine”, [...]

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Thai Chicken Noodle Soup

11 July 2011 4 comments

This dish was inspired by Nigella Lawson’s Thai Chicken Noodle Soup from her most recent book, Kitchen. To be honest, I was rather skeptical of this recipe when I first saw it. I’m not sure how the Thai would feel about having this dish ascribed to their region as I suppose it is more “Thai [...]

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Gougères and Salad with Bacon & Tomato Vinaigrette

10 July 2011 0 comments

I am proud to present to you a specialty of my husband, made by my husband. Dear hubby happens to like cooking but unfortunately has few opportunities in the kitchen, mainly because I’m always hogging the kitchen space. But on those occasions when I’m absolutely exhausted from work or just sheer lazy, hubby will venture [...]

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American Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup

10 July 2011 10 comments

Weekends in our home often starts with pancakes for breakfast, but that’s only if I can manage to drag my lazy backside out of bed at a decent hour in order for the meal to qualify as breakfast! Hubby is usually up long before me, often starving by the time I make it into the [...]

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Aubergines with Buttermilk Sauce

7 July 2011 17 comments

I was out during my lunch break yesterday buying some teatowels (as you do) and there nestled amongst the pretty decorative linens were copies of Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty. It’s not a place where you would ordinarily find cookbooks, but I’m sure some thoughtful person had anticipated that product placement of this kind would work on [...]

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Silken Tofu Stewed with Shitake Mushrooms. This is a lovely vegetarian dish which I like to serve simply with a bowl of steamed rice. I love this book!
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