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Lime Buttermilk Pound Cake
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes Happiness.” Charles Haddon Spurgeo Here’s a cake that makes me H A P P Y! Every baker worth his salt has a bunch of tried and tested favourite pound cake recipes in their collection. Hopefully I’m worth some salt, and I too hold a few favourites amidst a bunch of well thumbed pages in my oldest hand written book. The one that holds top place is this adaptable one from BHG, but it’s one I bake when I feel b-utterly inclined and especially indulgent … because it uses a cup of good sweet butter. It is…
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{Baking/Savoury} ADOBO BUTTERMILK CHICKEN, OLIVE OIL SCHIACCIATA {Bread} … & a Giveaway!
“A man who loves good food has a way of making it gravitate toward his kitchen.” Angelo Pellegrini Finally glad to be back doing what I like best. Sometimes it takes an innocuous looking bug to mess up your life. Something that sounds as assuring as ‘Security Tool’, a rogue anti-spyware program downloaded via some stupid site, which messes up your computer. The past 2 days have been horrid and frustrating, battling this virtual virus, but am glad to say that the the back breaking time has been worthwhile. I busted the virus step by step, following a list of 24 odd instructions, most gobblygook, but managed to get my…
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{Baking} OLIVE OIL WALNUT BROWNIES … darned good bites!
“Other things are just food. But chocolate’s chocolate.” Patrick Skene Catling Can there ever be enough chocolate goodness in our lives? Not a chance, so as promised I’m back with another chocolate recipe. This time it’s Chef Darren Conole’s Olive Oil Brownie recipe that he created for us to sweetly wrap up lunch at the Borges Olive Oil Meet for Food Bloggers and Critics at the Shangri-La Eros Hotel, New Delhi. The banter over lunch that day went from the poor pumpkin which is ever so neglected, to Michelin star chefs and food trends in the UK, and then to the chefs cute as a button toddler who turns his…
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MANGO KULFI … Traditional Indian Ice Cream
The idea of using pistachios and almonds slightly ground or rather finely chopped in the blender is certainly novel. I've never heard of it before, and it's quite genius. It helps thicken the cream, and distributes a beautiful nutty flavour though out the ice cream, making it almost luxurious, a royal serving!
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{Food Bloggers & Critics Meet} FUN, FOOD & OLIVE OIL … Bagna Cauda, Aioli, Panzanella & Chilean Sea Bass served with Garbure Catalane … recipes included!
‘The belly rules the mind.’ Spanish Proverb The Delhi food bloggers got together once again, this time for a meet hosted at the beautiful 19 Oriental Avenue, Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel, New Delhi, with Borges India. Borges is making large forays into the Indian consumer market, trying to increase the acceptability and thereby the adoption of olive oil in Indian cooking, more as a lifestyle change. Olive oils have the highest amounts of mono-saturated fats in the world. Being rich in anti oxidants, the use of this oil helps fight cancer, and increases life expectancy. The food and critics meet was an interactive session co-hosted by Borges India, Chef At Large…
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{Baking} CHOCOLATE PLUM CLAFOUTIS … inspired yet again!
“Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.” Mark Kurlansky I am fascinated by what Katie ate … what she ate all winter, summer and in the seasons in between! Do I sound obsessed? Well maybe I am, but since the word sounds rather harsh, I shall stick with ‘fascinated‘. You might have guessed. Yes indeed, I have a new favourite blog on the block, and this one is an utterly charming one – What Katie Ate, ‘all the way from Sydney‘; a ‘foodie photography blog’. I discovered her photography quite a while ago googling for pictures for the Daring…
