
ONE POT SPELT, MERGUEZ AND SWEETCORN DINNER
I keep reading that, these days, food bloggers can’t seem to write a recipe without writing you a sob story at the start. I totally get why this could...
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TRADITIONAL FRENCH THREE KINGS CAKE RECIPE
You’ve heard about la Galette des Rois or maybe of the French Three Kings Cake? But do you know much about it? Do you know what it is and...
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POTATO, FENNEL AND SAFFRON SOUP
There is nothing I can write about soup that hasn’t been written before. Calling this a recipe is a bit cheeky as it’s so simple but I’m writing it...
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CARAMEL AND APPLE MUFFIN CAKE
This is just another take on my basic muffin cake. The last time I made raspberry and blackberry muffin cake and this time it’s caramel and apple muffin cake....
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WHAT IS COLOMBIAN FOOD?
I wrote about a totally inauthentic Colombian ceviche quite recently, and if you read it, you might remember I mentioned an online talk about Colombian cuisine. The talk was...
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TOTALLY INAUTHENTIC COLOMBIAN CEVICHE
I took part in an online cooking demonstration organised by the Colombian Embassy in Ireland. It was sponsored by Larousse Foods, who are a food distributor for restaurants and...
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HOW TO MAKE BETTER HOT CHOCOLATE
I like hot chocolate a hell of a lot but it needs to be good. Back home, in France, hot chocolates were mainly functional. Your mam would scorch some...
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OUR MAMS AND THE WAY THEY USED TO COOK
On Saturday, my pal, Clare, tweeted about her mam and how she used to save the butter wrapper. She explained that it’s a trick she got from her mam...
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RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY MUFFIN CAKE
This raspberry and blackberry muffin cake is easily assembled and is delicious eaten still slightly warm with a cuppa. As any muffin, it is best eaten on the day...
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EGG NOODLES AND DUBLIN BAY PRAWNS STIR-FRY
Between the prepping and the cooking this egg noodles and prawns stir-fry will be on your plate within 10 minutes. This dish comes on the back of my visit...
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