January, according to the seedling world, signals the start of Spring. If the desire to frolic around your garden in the cold planting Geraniums has not yet taken hold, here's a short list of the best ways to make your outside look fab. (For those who are less inclined to act like Hyacinth Bucket of Keeping Up Appearanc...
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27 Jan 2010 10:00 GMT
While I may not have a dish washer and I would admittedly use paper plates all day long (save the earth!) I could stare at photos of nice plates all day long. I discovered John Derian Company while reading Elle Decoration on the Eurostar back home to London from Paris. And while they may have spelled his name wrong, and I may not be able to speak French, the beauty of his designs broke through...
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25 Jan 2010 19:45 GMT
I first had this classic baked aubergine dish in a cafe in Italy and it often appears on menus in Italian restaurants here in the UK. It is an incredibly simple dish where layers mozzarella and aubergine are topped with rich tomato sauce and breadcrumbs, and then baked into a gooey, warm vegetable dish.
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25 Jan 2010 12:15 GMT
My home is one of those uncomfortable conundrums. I have all these preconceived ideas about what my perfect house will look like – I plan the interior design, the layout, the atmosphere and the cupboards. Every square inch (or centimetre if you want it metrically) has been thought through many a time in my mind, yet a certain something is lacking. That something is, if I am honest, follow through.
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22 Jan 2010 18:30 GMT
I love pie in winter. The lovely slow-cooked fillings and soporific pastry are just the antidote to damp and dreary winter days. Meat fillings are often the go to with pies, but there is more to vegetarian pie than frozen mixed veg and a bland bechemel.Having been inspired by Pieminiser's individual Heidi Pie however, which contains garlicey spinach, goat's cheese and onion, bound together in swathes of smooth sweet potato, I have come up with this similar, mammoth-sized version which ...
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22 Jan 2010 14:00 GMT
Cooking is exhausting. Thankfully, this recipe contains very little actual cooking. Apart from pan-frying some tofu, all I’m asking of you is to do some light chopping and bundling. With their refreshing crunch, these Thai spring rolls will remind you of the summer that seems so far away.
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20 Jan 2010 13:15 GMT
I am not usually a fan of salads, but this 24 Hour Salad is one of my absolute favorite things to eat. I usually make this on special occasions like Thanksgiving or Easter, but if you’re throwing a dinner party this is much nicer to serve than just your average caeser salad. This is also the perfect dish to bring to a potluck or BBQ you’ve been invited to.
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19 Jan 2010 13:00 GMT
Last week, in an attempt to create my own take on Pieminister's delicious Heidi Pie, I made a seriously mouthwatering spinach, butternut squash, goat's cheese and garlic pie (more on that this Friday). Having completed my pie, I was left with a reasonable amount of pastry, so not wanting to throw it away (and forgetting that I could probably just freeze it), I ended up knocking up a rather good apple tart which I have decided ...
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18 Jan 2010 13:00 GMT
Nothing cures the winter blues like a warm, stodgy dessert. Broken boiler? Snow-sodden feet? Journey home taken you five times as long as usual because train companies are imbeciles (Southern Railway, I'm looking at you)? None of that matters when you have a steaming bowl of sugary carbs (well, for 5 minutes at least).
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15 Jan 2010 13:00 GMT
It's freaking freezing outside my kitchen. New York appears to have gotten bored and has tried Stockholm on for size. The words “medically dangerous cold” actually came out of a newscaster’s mouth the other day. With the wind chill being the same as my shoe size, I don’t really want to venture any farther than my stove.
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13 Jan 2010 13:05 GMT