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Thai Green Papaya Salad
Well here we are, waiting for arrival of baby version 2.0 and Mrs W. is now well overdue. All credit to her though as she is bearing the strains of late pregnancy in good humour. We made a Thai green papaya salad in the hope it might move things along. I didn’t have the hoped [...]
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In: chatter, salads, suppers · Tagged with: baby, family, supper
Daring Bakers: Croquembouche
The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake. Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump’s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri. The recipes I used for the choux buns and the pastry cream were from the BBC good food [...]
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In: baking, chatter, daring kitchen, desserts and puddings, treats and gifts · Tagged with: birthday, caramel, chocolate, dessert, family, friends, lemon, vanilla
Noma… World’s Best?
I was lucky enough to have the best meal of my life at Noma earlier this year. There are rumors that’s it’s in line to be awarded the No.1 spot in the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants(organised by Restaurant Magazine) tonight following in the footsteps of El Bulli, The Fat Duck and The French Laundry. I have [...]
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Plot 15 Supperclub
Supperclubs or “underground restaurants” have become one of the big fashions in food over the past couple of years. The idea is simple, some brave amateur cook (or cooks) invites a bunch of random strangers into their own home and cooks dinner. Guests pay a ‘contribution’ to cover the cost of the meal (perhaps leaving [...]
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In: chatter, fish, restaurants, suppers, vegetarian · Tagged with: birthday, fish, restaurants, supper
Copenhagen: Part One
I haven’t posted in a while… time to catch up on a few things… I occasionally have to travel for work which I don’t really enjoy as much as I used to. I miss Mrs W. and C. terribly when I am away and I hate the BS and boredom that now comes with air [...]
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In: chatter, restaurants · Tagged with: blogs, restaurants, supper