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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Father and Daughter
Making banana cake… the girl shows promise!
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Summer Sourdough Breads
The weather really picked up in sunny Northern Ireland. We have spent the ‘good’ weekends eating barbecue and salad picked from the garden…bliss! The gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries and broad beans have been and gone (although the next wave of broad beans are just ready for picking ). I also have a years supply of [...]
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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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Portugal
Last week we had a wonderful holiday in Portugal staying in a villa with family. Our villa was located near Moncarapacho, about a 45 minute drive east of Faro towards the border with Spain. In contrast to the well known resorts in the western Algarve with their hotels and golf courses, the eastern half is relatively undeveloped and comprises traditional [...]
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