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Green Bean and Zucchini Slice
A few years ago, roughly about the same time when I became an avid cookbook and cooking magazine reader, I wouldn’t even contemplate going grocery shopping without a carefully planned menu for the week ahead and a detailed shopping list. The problem I would often encounter back then was that the occasional key ingredient missing […]
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Broad Bean and Pea Soup
Can you believe that Christmas has been and gone? Already? We hope that yours was wonderful and that you are still enjoying the festive season. Ours was a mix of quiet and busy times, hectic last minute baking, sunshine and storms, and lots of yummy summer fruits and vegetables – some of our favourite produce […]
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Kamut Spelt and Whole Wheat Soda Bread
We’ll have to start by making a very humble admission: until just a few days ago, we had never made soda bread…. It’s not that we lack an interest in this topic. We’ve had several attempts at making different types of yeast bread, and achieved various levels of success with those. And we’re all huge […]
Breakfast Millet and Berries
I am very pleased to report that my Mummy and Daddy have finally understood the benefits of eating…. birdie food! When I woke up this morning, I was very happy to find Mummy cooking millet. Now before you rush into any conclusions, please rest assured that this wasn’t because our pantry was so bare that […]
Zucchini and Corn Pancakes
Happy New Year to all our lovely readers! Chef Gerald did not approve of his parents staying out past his bedtime on New Year’s Eve, but luckily all was forgiven thanks to the lovely sunshine he’s been enjoying over the past few days – and his growing balcony crop of strawberries and chillies 🙂 He has […]
Paprika Chicken Bake
Yesterday’s weather was much more appropriate for a winter’s day than one this close to the middle of summer. Chef Gerald spent the whole day indoors playing with the presents he received from Santa, while Mummy and Daddy braved the outdoors for a little while only to return shivering and in desperate need of a […]
Spring Meets Summer Bruschetta
The cloud cover is too thick, compact and grey at the moment for us to be able to verify that every cloud does indeed have a silver lining… The “unseasonal weather” we’ve been experiencing for the past few months has been blamed for everything from locusts to weak Christmas sales. Nature, however, has quietly followed […]
Fruit Mince Pies
If you are celebrating – Merry Christmas! Before we let Christmas nostalgia set in, we’ve got one more mouth-watering, deliciously scented recipe to share with you 🙂 For us, fruit mince has got to be the quintessential Christmas scent. There must be something magical about the mix of fruit, spices and citrus zest that can […]
Gingerbread Stars
If you love spices as much as we do, you’ll have to admit there’s something fascinating – if not addictive – about baking Christmas cookies. That’s probably true for baking cookies any time, but Christmas time is really the perfect excuse to raid your spice jar and be very generous with the amounts you use. […]
Nettle Green Pea and Zucchini Tart
There are two main reasons why we are so excited about today’s recipe. First of all, it’s the star ingredient, courtesy of Mummy and Daddy’s precious find at the Farmers’ Market: nettles. Yes, you read it correctly, nettles – the stinging variety, to be more precise 🙂 Daddy had never had cooked nettles before, but […]
Onion White Anchovy and Tapenade Pizza and Thank You to All Our FoodBuzz Friends
I’m usually too busy bossing my Mummy and Daddy around to have time to express gratitude. After all, there is so much that I can complain about – the fridge door is never kept open long enough for me have a thorough inspection, there are never enough chillies or kiwifruit in this house to satisfy […]
Tiella Pugliese (Italian Rice Potatoes and Mussels Casserole)
Thank goodness for the world wide web, that wonderful treasure trove of regional recipes we may have never heard of otherwise! If you’re like us and cannot afford to spend as much time roaming the world in search of wonderful gems of home cooking prowess as you’d like to – or if you happen to have […]
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