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Strawberry Refrigerator Cheesecake
“You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. And you’ve got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Still on…
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Chicken Mince Cocktail Samosas
“This is a 230-calorie snack you know. See? I’ve worked hard.” Fernando Vargas How often do you rant because you decide to make something that takes up hours of work, leaves you in…
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Miles of Tuiles from The Daring Bakers
“Light, refined, learned and noble, harmonious and orderly, clear and logical, the cooking of France is, in some strange manner, intimately linked to the genius of her greatest men.” Rouff Fresh from last…
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BALSAMIC STRAWBERRIES WITH WHIPPED MASCARPONE
“You have to ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Strawberry season is setting in here. Yes, it’s winter & still quite cold, but this is when…
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CRACKERS WITH CREAM CHEESE…& a bit on BLOGGER AID
“The Super Bowl is the No. 1 snack food consumption day of the year” Frito Lays Made these super easy snacks the other day … great as finger food, & they disappeared as…
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WARMING UP TO SOUP…TOMATO & ZUCCHINI with BAKED HERBED CROUTONS
“Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite.” Auguste Escoffier Just when we thought that winter was…
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COFFEE MOCHA GATEAU…& a hope for the future!
“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. “ Martin Luther King The new year brings with it new promise… As I begin to type this post, Obama is about…
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SAVOURY BUCKWHEAT VEGETABLE TART…ATOM!
“Light, refined, learned and noble, harmonious and orderly, clear and logical, the cooking of France is, in some strange manner, intimately linked to the genius of her greatest men.” Rouff Marcel Salut! There’s…
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CANDIED GINGER & TANGERINE SHORTBREAD
“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.” James Beard Mmmmmmmmmm shortbread! Think shortbread – think crisp, think buttery, think an…
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THAI GREEN CURRY…inspired by RED!
“Red is obviously such a stimulating color, and it has so many connotations.” P. J. Harvey It’s nice to be inspired by colour, & it’s sometimes amazing the wonders it can work on…
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Chocolate Yogurt Cake … deliciously healthy!
“A falta de pan, buenas son tortas. If there’s no bread, cakes will do.”Spanish proverb There was a time when I had my fixed list of things to bake, & everyone was pretty…
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GRAB THE GLASSES…THE KEBABS ARE HERE!
Cuisine is the tactile connection we have to breathing history.History and culture offer us a vibrant living society that we taste through cuisine.All cuisine is a reflection of the society from which it…
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GINGER FLORENTINES…World of Spice Cookies Event!
“C is for cookie, it’s good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.”Cookie Monster It’s a race against time, like a fight to the finish. Thankfully no resolutions for me…
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OOOOPS, I DID IT AGAIN! CRYSTALLISED GINGER & TANGERINES
“I loved ginger; I’ve always recognized its tremendous healing power,”Chris Reed I thought I would never let me heart win over my head again. Have made the same mistake a 1000 times over,…
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SHE TURNED 13 TODAY..how time flies by!!
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.” James M. Barrie Sorry…
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You’ll LOVE this YULE … the Daring Bakers go French
“If your life is free of failures, you’re not taking enough risks!” Author unknown 2008 comes to an end on a wonderfully high note. Oui!! It’s been an amazing year of being a…
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BLONDIES OVER BROWNIES? YES! GIVE THESE A CHANCE!!
“The only think I like better than talking about Food is eating.”John Walters I bookmarked an interesting blondie or ‘brown sugar brownies’ recipe the other day. The source was the ever impressive Epicurean…
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HERB CREAM CHEESE CRACKERS…there’s more to buckwheat than meets the eye!!
“Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.” Benjamin Franklin Couldn’t resist adding that quote…sorry guys! …I’m beginning to have more fun in the kitchen. That bag of buckwheat flour has done me a…
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GOSHT KALI MIRCH / SPICY LAMB IN BLACK PEPPER…& BLOGGERAID
“The war against hunger is truly mankind’s war of liberation.” John F. Kennedy Very often I find myself leafing through the pages of one of my fave Indian food blogs…Quick Indian Cooking run…
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NIBBLY BUCKWHEAT CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIES…& BUCKWHEAT CONNECTIONS!
“The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.”Heraclitus My connection to buckwheat goes back many many years. It was in the year 1996 when the daughter was 6 months old…
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Saffron Indian Rice Pudding … sweet indulgence
“I haven’t had the rice pudding of my life today. But I guess I lost that opportunity with the end of my childhood.”William Rice The magical combination of the holiday season & winter…
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DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ALMOND TORTE FOR MUM’S BDAY
‘Life is like a chocolate cake, Take something bitter, something dry, something wet, and a little bit of leaven, mix well, and let it bake someplace hot. The result is something sweet!’ ~…
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HUGS FOR BARBARA…Comfort pasta
‘A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.’ ~Irish Blessing~ Read at Susan’s the other day that brave Barbara of Winos and Foodies…
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Sydney Without a Beach Visit is like Cake Without Frosting… Part IV!
Part IV of my Sydney travelogue covers a beautiful beach we went to, after crossing the Harbour Bridge & entering North Sydney. A visit to Sydney is incomplete without a visit to the…
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OAT WALNUT WAFERS…From The Australian Heritage Cookbook
“The oat is the Horatio Alger of cereals, which progressed, if not from rags to riches, at least from weed to health food.” Waverley Root I first bumped into Susan, the Food Blogga…
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NIGHT ON THE ROCKS…& HARRY’S (Sydney Part III)
It seemed like we were in Sydney for just a clutch of days, half of them whizzed by helplessly when the daughter fell ill. Still, looking back, we magically managed to do so…
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Caramel Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting … sugar high on caramel
With the holidays upon us, the wonderful & rapidly expanding group of Daring Bakers, after 2 months of going savoury, have brought sugar back to the party…& HOW!! This months challenge is a…
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A LITTLE MORE OF WONDERFUL SYDNEY…& A RECIPE TOO!!
And then we run into the next bit of my Sydney travelogue…(Part 1 is here) The next couple of days were ours alone as the DH had to fly to HKG for his…
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HELLO AGAIN…AM BACK FROM BEAUTIFUL SYDNEY!
“I’ll probably live in Sydney”Andre Benjamin We had the time of our lives…literally!! It’s been a while that I’ve been missing, & am finally back from beautiful & mostly sunny Sydney. Rather eventful…
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HOT HOUSE & A TAG! EGGCITING TIMES!
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.”Mark Twain “Did you get any comments on the Hot-house Mama?”, asked the boy Sunday…
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MOROCCAN HOLIDAY BREAD…BAKING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE… "YES WE CAN"!
“It isn’t bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.” Angelus Silesius Moroccan Holiday Bread …The addition of maize meal & a cornucopia of seeds gives…
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Lavash Crackers with a Roasted Red Bell Pepper Dip – Guilt free snacking
“Good taste is as tiring as good company.” Francis Picabia There’s something about these crackers. Never has guilt free snacking been this indulgent, this happy! Munch till you drop? These Lavash Crackers with…
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CELEBRATING WITH A CHOCOLATE WALNUT TORTE
“Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world’s perfect food.” Michael Levine I saw this beautiful torte at Canela & Comino, a lovely Peruvian blog a while ago. Gretchen had posted it to celebrate…
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Chocolate Espresso gateau … my kind of indulgence
“I never entertain wicked thoughts…Wicked thoughts entertain me.” Anonymous ‘Twas my parents anniversary a week ago & being the designated baker there was little choice but to bake a cake. But living life…
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SIMPLE DRESS-UPS FOR HALLOWEEN…TREATS & A ‘THANK YOU’!
“Bring forth the raisins and the nuts Tonight All-Hallows’ Specter struts Along the moonlit way.” John Kendrick Bangs This is just a quick post, more pictures, few words…& recipes to follow, or maybe…
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TOSSING PIZZA NAPOLETANA…DARING BAKERS TO DO IT !!
“What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don’t believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.” Charles A. Lindbergh Yes,…
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CHOCOLATE FUDGE & SPICY NUTS…TRYING TO BE A DOMESTIC GODDESS !!
“Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything,That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen It’s Diwali, the Indian ‘Festival of Lights’, & I’m…
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Booscotti … biscotti for Halloween
“Eat, drink and be scary” Author Unknown or Delicious every ‘witch’ way!! Biscotti is on my list of things to try often & it’s something I achieve regularly. The more variety, the merrier.…
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GLAZED PRUNE CAKE…SPICED UP FOR SHF!
“winter dusk the rhythm of her knife chopping fruit and nuts” Elizabeth St. Jacques I had a bag of prunes looking at me for ages. Sometime last week, when the weather began to…
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Foodbuzz Publisher Community Launches
The launch of the Foodbuzz Publisher Community. Exciting times!
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DOUBLE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES
“In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.” Author Unknown I bake snacks for the kids 3-4 times a week. It takes care of their ‘tiffin’ or snack box, & caters…
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CHICKEN GYOZA…Pot stickers by another name!
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”Arnold H. Glasgow It’s was one of those inspiring blog hops again, where another page had…
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Simple, Delicious Apple Crisp
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” Martin Luther The minute I read Helene’s post on the crisp, I knew I…
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ROASTED GARLIC ‘n’ CHILI BREAD & OLIVE OIL MUSHROOM BRUSCHETTA – 3rd World Bread day
“We have learned to see in bread an instrument of community between men – the flavor of bread shared has no equal. “Antoine de Saint-Exupery & It’s time to bake & talk about…
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BLOG ACTION DAY….A PERSPECTIVE ON POVERTY
“Poverty is everyone’s problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich, middle-class or poor, we are ALL touched by…
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SENSATIONAL ON THE SIDE…A few of my favourite sides!
“He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn’t ordered.”Ring Lardner Sensational sides…what a great idea. This month’s edition of Monthly Mingles, Sensational Sides, is being hosted by Ruth…
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CHICKEN CURRY WITH FENUGREEK…WORLD FOOD DAY
“Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.”Mark Kurlansky The time has come the walrus said…lines from the poem by Lewis Caroll come…
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COFFEE GLAZED CHOCOLATE-CHIP SCONES…A delicious mouthful!
“I always fear that creation will expire before tea time.” Sydney Smith A sweet beginning for October. A new month, a fresh bunch of challenges, a load of activity across blogs…& food, glorious…
