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At home — Rhubarb upside-down cake

23 March 2012
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rhubarb cake

  I bought some forced rhubarb a month ago. Actually, 5 kilos of it. With so much on my hands, I cut half of it and froze it. Forced rhubarb is the perfect fruit/veg to say goodbye to winter, even better if drenched in caramel! Ingredients: 700g (forced) rhubarb 330g caster sugar 240g plain...

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At work — Toffee apple

21 February 2012
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toffee apple

Caramel and apple are a great and simple flavour pairing. In Brittany, where they smother everything in butter, they ally toffee sauce and sautéed apples in a crêpe, or add a scoop of apple sorbet to a caramel tart. I hadn’t the time or...

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Desperately seeking squash

13 February 2012
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    “Hey, I have a great idea for your blog thing, said colleague-on-the-far-left, why don’t you cook us something every week based on a local veg? Me, I’d love some butternut squash.” Ho hum. There I went, with my basket and my best...

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Forced rhubarb, my industrial love story

10 February 2012
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Forced rhubarb, my industrial love story

I am fairly new to rhubarb as food. I looked at it from afar in the flavoured yoghurts aisle without daring approaching it. Following a request from my flatmate...

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At work #5

7 February 2012
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layers

When it comes down to meals at work, winter definitely is the season of quiches, savoury tarts, etc. They are easy to transport, make a great lunch with a...

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At work #4

31 January 2012
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sandwich

Leftovers from my fridge:A pack of good sausages that needed to be eaten; pickled carrots that I had made for a very non-British Vietnamese dinner on Friday Method: Take...

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