This year for Christmas I was given a calendar; a calendar with cupcakes all over it. Not only do I now know the date off by heart, but I'm always hungry. (It has its got pros and cons.) It has one design for every month of the year, and in a fit of New Year-driven enthusiasm I decided that each month I'd try to create my own at-home version all with things from the supermarket and the aid of my shaky hands.
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26 Jan 2011 20:00 GMT
My mother, bless her, has been boiling cauliflower within an inch of its life for as long as I remember. I always assumed I hated cauliflower. The smell would set off visceral memories of overly soft, tasteless mush with a slightly cabbage-y undertone. Bleh. Gag.
In an effort to add a little variety to my vegetable eating, I decided to give cauliflower another try. On my terms. In the oven. And boy did I luck out. Everything tastes better roasted, even cauliflower.
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26 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT
I'm sure that very few of us actually wear aprons.
Maybe when we're BBQing. Maybe when we're making a cake and just happen to not be wearing pyjamas. And even then, if we own aprons, we probably just have them because they're cute and would probably never dare to get flour, egg or - god forbid - red velvet cake batter on it. (Can you imagine the stains!?)
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25 Jan 2011 18:20 GMT
Simply put, I love dogs. Short ones, fat ones, teeny ones, spotted ones - I'm not sure I've ever met a dog I didn't like.
Sadly, I don't have a dog at home. I'm sure there are plenty of us out there that would love to have a pup to call our own, but our modern lady lifestyles just don't allow it.
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24 Jan 2011 18:00 GMT
Halfway through January and everyone is already counting down to the next big holiday. With post-vacation stress and disappearing free time, where do you find the time to cook? Never fear, a simple and quick salad is here.For many, January is the most overwhelming and unpleasant month of the year. It means back to work with an intimidating inbox, new objectives to reach, more hours to devote to your computer and the stress of having just come down fro...
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20 Jan 2011 10:00 GMT
I'm not sure what possessed me to decide to start a labor intensive Mediterranean delicacy halfway into a monster cold. But I did. And boy was I glad to have leftovers to soothe me through the remaining days of my viral sentence.
Yes, this is going to take a while, but really worth it, I promise.
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19 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT
Some things, as the Guardian's Fashion supplement points out, should not be crossed in to. Namely they mean fashion designers on Twitter, but today I saw a campaign that made me look twice: Cars doing craft sites? I put on my sceptical face and investigated.
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17 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT
At the beginning of last year we had a chance to sit down for a chat and a cupcake with Lorraine Pascale, the brains and beauty behind Ella's Bakehouse in Covent Garden.
Knowing how incredibly motivated, hard-working, and passionate about food Lorraine is, we were hardly surprised to hear about Lorraine's new show
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13 Jan 2011 15:00 GMT
I apologize for still being on a breakfast kick. But I also don't apologize, because these waffles are delicious. This is just a basic recipe, but you can jazz it up any way you like. For instance, as you can see in my picture there, I added sliced banana and dark agave nectar (which tastes a lot like maple syrup thankfully, as I was out of maple syrup).
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12 Jan 2011 10:28 GMT
Pottering around Harrods' sugar-stuffed confectionery department in a fit of Christmas shopping last month I came across Cake Pops. I was smitten. They're cakes on sticks - utterly silly, pointless and edible, and so I loved them.
"More sugar?" you bellow, mysteriously taken over by the voice of a stereotypical woman. "We can't possibly have more sugar. Well, go on then, if it's sparkly!" Luckily it is, and they're fun and silly to make. Lik...
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10 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT