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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Duck Rillettes
Big news from Rachel at choir. Her movie has been released! In selected cinemas. For a limited time.
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Tagged Christmas, cranberry, Delia, duck, ramekin, romance
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Apple Cider Pork Chops
“So it turns out,†said Rachel as we gossiped during the choir Christmas Concert rehearsal break, “that I am someone else’s Naked Neighbor.â€
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Tagged apple cider, Apples, choir, Christmas, Christmas trees, nakedness, pork chops
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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 – Thanksgiving Roast Chicken – and a triumphant lack of naked ballet!
Here are some of the things that a quick poll of my friends revealed they are thankful for this year: good health, family, having jobs, not having mice, iPads. Here’s what I am thankful for this year: I did not … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, cranberry, naked ballet, parsley, pumpkin, sage, sausage, stuffing, Thanksgiving
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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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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Lancashire hotpot for Bonfire Night
Jon loves Bonfire Night. There’s a tradition in his family of building fires taller than the house, that melt the guttering and cause the fire brigade to stop by to see if everything’s ok, and accept a plate of food … Continue reading
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Tagged bonfire, Bonfire Night, fireworks, hotpot, lamb, Lancashire, potatoes, stew
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Pumpkin Lamb Stew – with optional eyeballs (full disclosure – the eyeballs will almost certainly not get you laid.)
If you’re planning on dressing up as any of the following: sexy kitten, sexy devil, sexy cowgirl, sexy bunny, French Maid, Dominatrix, you don’t need to be worrying about making lamb stew. Seriously. Cheese and crackers is plenty. This post … Continue reading
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Tagged eyeballs, halloween, lamb, lamb shanks, pumpkin, stew
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This dinner will get you laid – Homemade tagliatelle with white truffle
“Unbelievably†said Jen, “It actually tastes like pasta.†It was the inauguration of my KitchenAid pasta roller attachment, given to me as a birthday gift from Sheana, my mother in law. I had been wanting it ever since I acquired … Continue reading
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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Roast Sausages with Chianti and Grapes
Back in New York, and back to work, with my new fancy London clothes in my newly re-organized Fall wardrobe. Primark. New Look. BHS. All the really great iconic designers feature.