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The world’s most overrated sweet treat

January 14, 2012
The world’s most overrated sweet treat

The meringue… I have been assimilated in some ways into the ‘culinary’ oddities of this country: I now can’t live without those ridiculously  strong cups of tea with sugar and milk (in fact, I could have wept for a proper cuppa when I was with my family in NL), beans on toast returns to our menu regularly, as well is a good roast. But things like crackling, stuffing (which usually does not get used to ‘stuff’ anything), Christmas pudding, chips with your Chinese or pizza are all beyond me! Today I unfortunately had to officially add a sweet to...

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Like mother, like daughter

January 11, 2012
Like mother, like daughter

Read: story about Santa Blackforest elves. Think: Blackforest gateau! Say: I know a cake from the Blackforest with chocolate and cream and cherries. Settle on: blackforest gateau for the weekend! Anyway that was how it would have gone, if my mental calculator had not...

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New Year’s resolution: Baking in cups

January 8, 2012
New Year’s resolution: Baking in cups

A baker’s inspiration can come from many different sources, many different countries and in many different measurements. Unfortunately my initial baking inspiration is often dampened is the list of ingredients mentions cups and oz and no ml or grams. If the list isn’t too...

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Banana rescue mission: banana bread with raisins and almonds

January 3, 2012
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When you are a banana, residing temporarily in our house hold, you hardly ever make it past the yellow stage. Bananas get eaten when they are yellow with a...

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2011…2012

January 1, 2012
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The last weeks of December consisted of a lot baking, eating, sewing, buying nice things, and being together, both at home as well as with my family in the...

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Ginger bread men

December 24, 2011
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The one advantage of Christmas shopping madness, is that on Christmas Eve, shops are filled with stuff that cannot be sold when Christmas is over. Ergo: SALE! Slaloming around...

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