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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – the secret to a happy marriage – could it be chicken pie?

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Kate

It’s Christmas Eve. I’m in Wigan celebrating a double whammy with my family. That joyful Christmas hunkering down feeling; the shops are shut, there’s nothing else to do but sit and wait for morning. Also, my grandparents’ wedding anniversary. They … Continue reading →

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – A Thoroughly Dickensian Christmas Feast

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Kate

“Congratulations! You’re engaged!” said one woman to another as they boarded the subway at 42nd street station. “Can I see the ring?” “No.” replied the other. “He’s not given it to me yet.” Interesting. I stopped, hand on my iPod.

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Ragu, Dean Martin and a Juggling Twin

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Kate

It was a night-in with the latest addition to my Christmas music collection (obsession); Christmas with the Rat Pack. Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis jr. really getting into the Christmas spirit (and, from the sound of it, Christmas spirits.) … Continue reading →

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – New York eliminates the possibility of Ninja Romance, but luckily, there’s always chocolate cake

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Kate

It was Abigale’s birthday this week, and boyfriend Simon planned a romantic surprise. He would sneak into her apartment while she was at work, and fill it with flowers. He could see it in his mind’s eye; roses in a … Continue reading →

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Detox Coronation Turkey Salad

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Kate

Yes, it’s been thanksgiving, but there’s also been a lot of Royal engagement fun occurring. Kate’s blue dress has sold out, the Tesco fake blue dress has also sold out, and the dress in Macy’s that I was intending to … Continue reading →

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This dinner is unlikely to get you laid – sorry – Thanksgiving by a Brit – Butter Roast Turkey, served with roasted pumpkin, sweet and fingerling potatoes, green beans, apple stuffing and cranberry sauce

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Kate

I’m pretty sure that Thanksgiving Dinner never got anybody laid. All the carbs and all the family – it’s a killer combination. Engaged? Possibly. Divorced? So I’m apocryphally told. But laid? Nope. The best we can hope for is that … Continue reading →

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This dinner will get you laid – a conundrum concerning eggplant parmigiana

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Kate

“You know that old saying, chocolate’s better than sex – but only if you’re doing the sex wrong?” said friend Annie as we chatted on Skype earlier this week.

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Apple Crumble

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Kate

Today is the 11th anniversary of my husband and I getting together. It happened on Bonfire Night, after walking to the Radcliffe Arms pub for dinner with our friends and watching the fireworks being set off in back gardens all … Continue reading →

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – The Theatre Ghost – followed by Witches Hair and Sea Monster Spaghetti

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Kate

I read somewhere that in New York City the present is so powerful that the past fades away and is lost, but not so for my friend Bob the costume man. “I’ve been on Broadway since Cats was Kittens,” he … Continue reading →

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This dinner will get you laid – The ghosts of boyfriends past flee at the sight of autumn risotto with butternut squash and Madeira soaked golden sultanas

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Kate

Browsing for Halloween costumes in Ricky’s, Adam and I discussed what we would be this year. I was thinking some kind of generic mourner, since I have black lace gloves and a hat with a veil already. Adam was considering … Continue reading →

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