Monthly Archives: November 2009

Vegetarian haggis, for breakfast?

A herby taste with an interesting texture would about sum up the experience. Seeing vegetarian haggis offered on the breakfast menu of an Edinburgh hotel this week it would have been rude not to. As you can see, the wee … Continue reading

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Panic!!! Christmas is five weeks away

With just a month to go of course it’s time to panic. The Observer food monthly may be smugly telling me there’s heaps of time left to bake up some “cheese straws that are as easy as keeping goldfish” to … Continue reading

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Filed under Christmas 2009

Foodie Twitter list started

A lot of people seem to find their way to this blog via Twitter – the microblogging tool I’ve been a big user of for a couple of years now, and which I find invaluable for introducing me to all … Continue reading

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Wartime lessons for the modern cook

This seemed a fitting thing to blog about on Remembrance Sunday, a cookbook which teaches a lesson about making do and reminds us that the kitchen hasn’t always been about cling-wrapped, imported abundance. The Thrifty Kitchen is now on sale … Continue reading

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