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Tag: cooking

Posted on17 March 202517 March 2025Culinary Arts

My culinary heritage: Dijon Salmon

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As part of my culinary goals, I am revisiting my culinary heritage by re-creating and re-imagining my family recipes. This post is about one of…

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Posted on24 February 202524 February 2025Culinary Arts

My culinary heritage: Whipped Cream Cake

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As part of my culinary goals, I am revisiting my culinary heritage by re-creating and re-imagining my family recipes. This post is about one of…

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Posted on24 November 202422 December 2024Culinary Arts, Everyday Life

Thanksgiving with neighbours

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Thanksgiving came early to Castle Ryan, with a lovely feast for my neighbours last night. As an American living abroad, Thanksgiving is a little harder…

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Posted on8 September 202423 December 2024Culinary Arts, Everyday Life

My inaugural Castle Ryan dinner party

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I love dinner parties. Indeed, in my former life, Paul and I had monthly dinner parties. We were the only guests at these lavish meals,…

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Posted on26 December 20231 February 2024Culinary Arts

My culinary heritage: Christmas nutmeg cookies

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As part of my culinary goals, I am revisiting my culinary heritage by re-creating and re-imagining my family recipes. This post is about one of…

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Posted on26 October 202330 November 2023Culinary Arts

The test kitchen

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October has been quite an experimental month for me in the kitchen – with varying degrees of success. But then, cooking is a science and…

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Posted on11 July 202314 October 2023Culinary Arts

Cherry good

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I’ve been home for less than a week now, and I’ve already started working through my list of chores. Because that’s how I like to…

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Posted on19 June 20233 January 2024Culinary Arts

My culinary heritage: Grandma Cook’s fried chicken

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As part of my culinary goals, I am revisiting my culinary heritage by re-creating and re-imagining my family recipes. This post is about one of…

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Posted on22 May 202325 May 2023Culinary Arts

My culinary heritage: Vegetable bean soup

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As part of my culinary goals, I am revisiting my culinary heritage by re-creating and re-imagining my family recipes. This post is about one of…

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Posted on24 April 2023Culinary Arts

My culinary heritage: A cake with no name

by Just Frances2 Comments on My culinary heritage: A cake with no name

As part of my culinary goals, I am revisiting my culinary heritage by re-creating and re-imagining my family recipes. This post is about one of…

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Posted on11 April 202321 April 2023Culinary Arts

My culinary heritage: Rice Jamboree

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As part of my culinary goals, I am revisiting my culinary heritage by re-creating and re-imagining my family recipes. This post is about one of…

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Posted on15 January 202324 March 2023Culinary Arts, Musings & Ramblings

My culinary heritage

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Food is an important part of my life. Not just for the nutritional necessities or the flavourful enjoyment, but for the social and cultural importance…

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Posted on21 October 202230 September 2023Culinary Arts

The (dried) fruits of my labour

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I finally splurged on a new dehydrator in late August and kept it running pretty much non-stop until last week. And, oh, what a glorious…

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Posted on9 August 20159 May 2022Culinary Arts, Everyday Life

The brew master

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I love beer. But I bet you probably knew that by now. Especially if you follow me on Untappd. I also love cooking and making edibles from scratch. I…

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Posted on5 July 201513 May 2024Culinary Arts

Tasty tots

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I love tater tots. I love, love, love them. They are an amazingly delicious treat and I would eat them all the time if I could. Only…

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Posted on22 February 201423 July 2021Culinary Arts

Oh my, tamale pie

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One of the (many) amazingly delicious meals I enjoyed growing up was tamale pie. It was a basic, no fuss, no-frills meal, but it included…

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Posted on18 January 20146 May 2024Culinary Arts, Everyday Life, Health & Wellness

Counting every penny

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It’s time to start counting pennies again. Only this time, every little penny will count so much more than they have for the past decade.…

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Posted on22 September 201218 July 2021Culinary Arts

Tasty tater tot casserole

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Tater tot casserole has got to be one of the world’s yummiest, tastiest comfort foods – ever! I love it. I crave it. I gobble it up…

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Posted on1 September 201216 September 2020Everyday Life

August under budget

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At the start of August, I shared with you my plans to develop a strict grocery budget of £200 per month. And now I’m pleased…

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Posted on11 August 201218 July 2021Culinary Arts

Tasty tortillas

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Today we’re going to have a wee cooking lesson. But it’s also a lesson in budgeting and in ridding ourselves of un-needed preservatives. And as…

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