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DRIED CRANBERRY & WALNUT BREAD from Ottolenghi for BBD, with Roasted Bell Pepper Pasta
“Bread is the warmest, kindest of all words. Write it always with a capital letter, like your own name.”…from a café sign Bread Baking Day #26, Bread For a Birthday Party Yay…finally managed to bake bread. No mean task these days. We live in the so called millennium city, but have suffered unannounced power outages this winter from 4 hours to 6 hours daily, sometimes even more. It’s bad enough for a daily routine, but spells desperate times for the baker in me. But bread I had to bake for Jamie who is hosting Zorra of Kochtopf’s Bread Baking Day #26. Bake something special for Jamie’s special BBD theme –“Baking…
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ROLL BABY ROLL…The Daring Bakers make Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna
“When the lasagna content in my blood gets low, I get mean” Garfield the Cat The net is buzzing with excitement as we, the Daring Bakers, take up our latest challenge ‘biceps on’ … literally!! Rolling lasgna from scratch! Adding to the buzz is our new website ‘The Daring Kitchen’ …… spunky, creative & colourful. The labour of love of our talented creators, Lisa of La Mia Cucina and Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice who have nurtured it since November 2006. Today, The Daring Bakers span the world as bakers of all nationalities come together once a month to try something new in the kitchen! As Spring enters the…
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ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER & LAMB PASTA…HHDD & CLICK
“Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.”Marcel Boulestin This is my first entry for a Hay Hay it’s Donna Day event, & for some reason the event makes me somewhat nervous. I’ve wanted to be part of it for long, but can’t figure out if I meet the bill, or am on the right track. Just one of those things I guess… The Hay Hay it’s Donna Day food blogging event started back in October 2005 when fellow food blogger Barbara from Winos and Foodies blogged about a Donna Hay recipe entitled “Self-Frosting cupcakes”. Barbara invited bloggers to share their…
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BREAKING TRADITION TO SERVE FUSILLI WITH MEATBALLS!
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” Fellini Happy after the success of my precious jar of Sun-dried tomatoes, it was but natural progression that I began to explore recipes that these delcious morsels figured in. I was looking to make a pasta for Noob Cook who is hosting #101 edition of Presto Pasta Nights, a weekly food blog event focused on cooking with pasta and all types of noodles. Sadly, I missed the 100th edition last week. Enter The Pasta Bible … a book my elder sis had gifted me eons ago. It was well thumbed pages & is an interesting resource which offers you something for every…
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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 who was winning her battle with cancer, & had been clear for 2 years, has had to go back for chemotherapy as her cancer has resurfaced. Many of us know Barbara through her ‘Taste of Yellow’ cancer awareness event that she has held for the past couple of years. Now 2 of her friends, Bron of Bron Marshall and Ilva of Lucullian Delights, have organized a secret blog event for Barbara so that we might all give…
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HEY PRESTO…MIXED-HERBS PASTA
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta” Fellini Psychgrad & Giz @ Equal Opportunity Kitchen are hosting the weekly round-up of Presto Pasta Nights this week. Presto Pasta Nights is the brainchild of Ruth & it’s amazingly on it’s 81st week. Pasta is a more than welcome option at home at any meal, so here’s an entry to PPN.I’ve had this Bon Apetit ‘Mixed-herb Pasta’ recipe from Epicurious in my bursting folder for long but the only herbs I had were basil…& loads of it. Then one day the courier came with a well packed box & beautiful handwriting. Excitedly opened it to find the sweetest smelling fresh sage…
