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The Monday Treat – Chocolate Walnut Banana Cake to eat while pondering life
The cop in line in front of me at the coffee shop was in trouble: “I’m debating whether to serve you at all,†said the woman behind the counter. “You gotta apologize to me.â€
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Tagged banana, chocolate, coco, coffee, cops, loaf cake, vegetarian, walnuts
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Chocolate Torte and how to avoid hosting accidental sex parties
New Years Eve is almost upon us. It’s a time to stop and reflect for a moment on the year gone by, the lessons learned, the things that we intend to do differently in the future. For my Aunty Jennifer, this … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, chocolate torte, New Year's Eve, pampass grass, sex party, strimmer, swinging, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Christmas cookies
Christmas baking can feel like a step too far sometimes. Too pressured to be any fun– a source of work rather than a source of joy.
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Tagged baking, chocolate, chocolate chips, Christmas, coco, cookies, fridge, Martha, Momofuku, vegetarian
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Pumpkin Spice Pancakes with a Maple Apple Compote
So here’s the issue: the last thing anyone really wants after Thanksgiving is more dinner.
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Tagged apple compote, apple maple compote, baking, breakfast, brunch, compote, maple, pancake, Thanksgiving, vegetarian
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Risotto with wild mushroom and oranges
Fall colors and romance. That was the plan.
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Tagged Autumn, date night, fall, lillet, mushroom, oranges, risotto, romance, vegetarian, wine
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The Monday Treat – Baked Toffee Apples with Custard
Apple picking season may be over, and last weekend’s freak Halloween snow pretty much ensured that it was, but apple-eating season is in full flow here in New York.
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Tagged Apples, Autumn, comfort food, custard, farmers market, toffee, vegetarian
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Roasted Butternut Squash Hummus and the stresses of pumpkin carving
The key to successful pumpkin carving, it turns out, is having access to some kind of saw.
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Tagged butternut squash, halloween, Plenty, pumpkin, pumpkin carving, vegetarian
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Imam Bayildi, the priest wept
Imam bayildi is one of the all time great, most delicious ways to eat aubergine / eggplant.
The name means “the priest wept”, and theories as to why exactly the priest wept abound; possibly he had a young wife whose dowery was mostly paid up in barrels of olive oil. She cooked this dish for him. He loved it. She cooked it again for him. He loved it. She cooked it again, and that was the end of her olive oil dowery. Or possibly the priest cried in sheer pleasure as olive oil dripped down his chin when he took his first mouthful of creamy eggplant, and soft sweet tangle of onions. Continue reading
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Tagged dill, eggplant, Istanbul, lemon, mint, olive oil, onion, parsley, romance, tomato, turkey, vegan, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Autumn Afternoon Tea Time: Plum Cake
Back in London on the annual pilgrimage to the US Embassy to have my visa re-issued. Back to sleeping in my childhood bedroom, where creeper is already turning red around the windows, and I can watch the birds gathering in the … Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – That’s Amore – Movie Night Heirloom Tomato Pizza
Given that a giant NASA satellite is about to hit the earth, now might be the perfect moment for serious thought, some sober and appropriate reflection. Possibly even philosophical or religious musings. Or denial.
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Tagged basil, caprese, cherry tomato, heirloom tomato, mozzarella, pizza, tomato, vegetarian
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