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White Wine Peach Sangria and Moving House
We recently moved house. Yes again. Back downtown to Chelsea and to an apartment on the top floor. Mostly because our old ceiling let through a lot of noise and it was driving me crazy.
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Red Snapper with Fennel, Chick Peas and White Wine
Some days are days of excess, and no amount of early morning gymming can mitigate them. The Sussex County Fair was once such day.
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Tagged clean food, en papilotte, excess, fair, fennel, fish, seafood, snapper, summer, vegetarian, white wine
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Salmon with foaming hollandaise sauce
Englishness continues as baby Emily is christened in the Parish Church in front of adoring family, friends and a set of great grandparents.
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Tagged butter, christening, Delia, freedom, hollandiase, salmon, white wine
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Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken cacciatore is a quick cook tomato-based chicken stew. Essentially you make a tomato sauce, then cook chicken pieces in it and tip in a drained can of beans towards the end of the cooking time. But, in a rewarding … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, garlic, onion, tomato sauce, tomatoes, vermouth, white wine
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Perfect New Year for 8
New Years Eve is a time for elegance and extravagance. It’s pretty much the only dinner party of the year where black tie doesn’t feel like a crazy dress code. And much as I usually like to mix low brow … Continue reading
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Tagged chick peas, chocolate, cream, egg, fennel, fish, gold, lemon, New Year, potato, rosti, seafood, snapper, sour cream, spinach, white wine
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – The Love Boat
It started with an advert that Jon picked up from somewhere looking for sailors to help out with a 50 foot yacht. Of course, he was keen as mustard, and emailed the owner and after answering a few basic questions, … Continue reading
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Tagged date food, garlic, mussels, sailing, seafood, white wine
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The Wednesday Tipple – Sangria Blanca (with Pan Con Tomate)
The last time I made Sangria things did not work out so well. 1 broken screen door, 1 smashed pitcher, 1 ruined white rug covered in blood red stains, and 1 white wall now splattered ripper-style that needed re-painting. Sangria … Continue reading
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Tagged cointreau, garlic, olives, pan con tomate, peaches, sangria, tomato, vegetarian, white sangria, white wine
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Hot Sex and Hot Butter Sauce
I only met Tia once. She was telling a hilarious anecdote to a gallery full of strangers, about the time she gatecrashed a party on Justin Bieber’s tour bus. But I am friends with Lisa, and Lisa was friends with … Continue reading
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Tagged aphrodisiac, asparagus, butter, date food, fish, hot sex, justin bieber, Lisa, red snapper, white wine
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