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Whisk Kid’s ‘Super Epic Rainbow Cake’

I can’t get enough of Whisk Kid’s blog. I first discovered it last August, when pretty much every cookery blog picked up her ‘Super Epic Rainbow Cake,’ which has six differently-coloured layers. Since then I religiously read her blog, and while I’ve not made any of her detailed recipes, I live in hope that one [...]

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Food Diaries: Mushroom Risotto

I’m a big fan o’ risotto–it’s my fail-safe recipe if ever I need to impress (but can’t be bothered going out for more ingredients).
Christina’s Domestic Sluttery recipe for smoked garlic and mushroom risotto looked very decent and easy to make, however as we’re a strict no-white-wine household, I had to use some merlot we had [...]

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Food Diaries: Caramelised Salmon

Salmon is one of my favourite fish, and when it’s sold at Sainsbury’s for £6 per two packs, we eat it pretty often too. The best way to cook it is wrapped in a sheet of aluminum foil, with a bit of olive oil drizzled over the top, in the oven for about 15 minutes. [...]

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Food Diaries: Hummingbird Bakery Key Lime Pie

I first made this pie a few months after getting back from San Francisco with Jim, Laura and Ricky. We had our first (of many, I hope!) San Francisco reunion at Laura’s, where we had the pie with other SF-themed food: clam chowder, prawn sandwiches, lots and lots of prosecco…
The second time was on the [...]

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Food Diaries: Pizza

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Food Diaries: Blue Cheese, Broccolli and Mushroom Macaroni

After having Darika, Libby, Kate and Gemma over for a Twilight movie night last night, Jim and I were left with a lot of leftover cheese. I guess I went a bit overboard when shopping earlier in the day. Rather than smearing the stilton, boursin and brie on crusty bread with slivers of smoked salmon [...]