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There are now 84 Cookbooks On My Shelf
11/03/2013 20:23
I have been making bread regularly for a while now and the Kitchen Aid is brilliant at kneading and mixing as I don't have the patience to do it myself and always stop too early. However, reverting to my true form I have found one recipe that works (Pain Ordinaire on Page 72 of Eric Treuille and...
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Hullabaloo, Robert Burns Centre, Mill Road, Dumfries
10/03/2013 13:43
"Have you got any plans on Saturday?" Mike asked me last week. This raised my interest, he never asks me questions like that. I knew he was attending a war games show in Dumfries on that day and he had obviously been hatching plans. "No, not really" I replied nonchalantly "Why?" "Well the war-games...
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Where have I been?
07/03/2013 18:48
Well nowhere ... yet. This retired life is exhausting and I have spent weeks rushing around. We have been having more work done on the house and there is nothing to fill your day like making cups of tea for the workers and clearing up after they have gone. At least for now they have gone and peace...
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Marco Polo, 33 Dean Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
07/03/2013 18:06
Andrew had been home for a few days and we took him, and an enormous bag of washing, back to Newcastle. If you follow my blog you will already know that our 18 year old son does not consider us cool or like to be seen with us in public. As such he dumped us as soon as we had helped him take his...
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Disaster - The Kitchen Aid is Broken ... Again!
16/01/2013 14:17
I love my Kitchen Aid, as you can probably tell as it graces the front cover of my web-page. I bought it a couple of years ago and adore it. It is beautiful to look at and it makes baking cakes and bread a doddle, especially as I am not very patient and never beat or knead things long enough if I...
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The Pompeii Steakhouse, 1 Abbey Street, Carlisle
10/01/2013 13:36
I love a good steak but I struggle to get a good one in this country. I think that part of the problem is that I like my steak rare and no one appears to believe that when I say rare I mean it. Invariably it comes out medium rare and that to me is a waste of a good piece of red meat. We noticed...
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Beef Wellington - Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course
02/01/2013 15:28
A romantic dinner was planned for New Year's Eve. Andrew, having turned 18 in August had advised us months ago that he would be out on New Year's Eve and not to wait up for him! What would we do then? Food was normally rubbish when you went out and we were way past partying until the early hours,...
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Christmas is over and there are now 83 Cookbooks on my Shelf!
02/01/2013 15:10
I am not ashamed. It is Christmas after all and I will admit to you all that there are new additions to my cookbook collection. I had seen the Gordon Ramsay series on TV and unashamedly dropped hints to Andrew that it would be the perfect Christmas present. I even took him to 'Waterstones' and...
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Penne with Tomato and Balsamic Vinegar - The River Cafe Cookbook
21/11/2012 21:54
We have had such a busy week since we returned from France with workmen in everyday as we are getting a couple of rooms decorated. There has been no time for anything and tonight was the first night that we felt we could sit down and have a nice meal accompanied by a bottle of wine. As usual I...
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The Black Duck Pub - Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet
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