Monthly Archives: September 2011
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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The Wednesday Tipple – Autumn Afternoon Tea, Blackberry Scones with Blackberry Jam (and nice cup of tea)
Immersed in Englishness, cup of tea in hand, I pillaged the brambles along the doctors’ fence at the back of my grandparents’ house, and I am now standing by the stove skimming scum from a batch of warm blackberry apple … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, blackberry, emo scone, jam, scone, tea
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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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The Wednesday Tipple – Bloody Mary Tomatoes
“Is that woman seriously shooting up kittens in Union Square?†wondered a girl loudly to her friend at the entrance of WholeFoods.
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Tagged bloody mary, cocktail. cherry tomato, kitten, tabasco, vodka
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The Monday treat – Roasted tomato preserve
Growing things has, on the whole, been less straightforward than we thought it would be.
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Tagged balcony, basil, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, preserve, tomatoes
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Steak with blue cheese sauce
It will surprise no-one who knows Jonathan that his birthday meal of choice involved steak.
The Wednesday Tipple – Bourbon Cherries / Cherry Bourbon
It’s prime cherry season, and they’re as cheap as they’re going to get on the fruit stand by my apartment. And, truth be told, I’d wanted to make bourbon cherries for a while, ever since my friend Grace made me … Continue reading
The Monday Treat – Birthday Cake
It was Jon’s birthday this weekend, which brought with it the usual scheduling nightmare that seems to be endemic to modern life. Jess could not do Friday. Jeremy could only do Friday. Ken could do any day, as long as … Continue reading
This dinner will get you laid – Cinnamon Buns
The cinnamon buns really got me.
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Tagged amish, baking, cinnamon bun, dessert, pastry, pecan, treat
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