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Slow cooked pork ragu with pomegranate, and the possibilities of rural street dancing
If you live far away from your family, Skype can transform your laptop into a magical time space portal, beaming you straight into a living room where your niece can sing you the song she’s learned to be an angel … Continue reading
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Tagged anise, Christmas, crowd pleaser, dinner party, easy, pomegranate, pork, ragu, slow cooked pork, street dancing, tagliatelle
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Steaming Bishops and Unlikely Emails
“I was supposed to be singing a concert,†said my friend and choir colleague Theresa, “then I got an email with the header: Cancelled, due to infidelity.â€
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Tagged choir, Christmas, drink, orange, solos, steaming bishop, tipple, wine
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The Wednesday Tipple – the perfect cheese tray and port jelly
Back in London, post Christmas family visiting road trip round the country, and with the prospect of being in the same bed for consecutive nights, thoughts turn firstly to drink, and then to New Years Eve and the celebration thereof. … Continue reading
Pot roast beef with Shrewsbury Sauce
Every year our Christmas ritual takes us past Shrewsbury to the village of Edgemond, for a huge family get together involving a rotating cast of children – anywhere from 10 – 15 under tens. They rampage about in the nicest … Continue reading
The Wednesday Tipple – Steaming Bishop
Back in the UK to Christmas the way Dickens surely intended it. Shopping in Kingston with my Mum, a curry with my sister, and a car ride to Edinburgh with a break in scenic Wigan to see my Grandparents and have a cup of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, hot toddie, port, steaming bishop, winter
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The Monday Treat – Gingerbread Cookies, breaking and entering and leaving New York
The Christmas party was in full swing when someone suggested that we all go and check out the “awesome penthouse with the million dollar views†that was currently for sale in the building.
Clementine Cake
How many clementines would you say were too many for a person to eat while watching Charlie Brown Christmas? Actually, better not tell me.
The Wednesday Tipple – Candy Cane Hot Chocolate
There’s nothing like a carol concert to put people in a festive frame of mind. And this was a concert and a half; brass band, a harpist, an organ, a children’s choir singing descants, percussionists playing jingle bells, the whole … Continue reading
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Tagged candy cane, carols, Christmas, hot chocolate, peppermint
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