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Reasons I will never become a pastry chef

I don’t clean my plates with vinegar and tissues.I rarely get inspired for new dishes simply by looking at flatware. Quite simply, I don’t have the Tupperware or patience to assign every ingredient an individual container before I start cooking. But that doesn’t mean I don’t respect the white pants off those who do; particularly […]

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Mad Mex -sanity saver

My not-so-secret obsession with Baja- Mexican food nearly drove me to add a three day detour south of the border to our US West-Coast itinerary (honeymoon number three for the year for those who are counting). Such was the lure of lobster stuffed soft tacos that Rosarito; even with its rumours of car-jackings a-plenty seemed […]

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To plan, or not to plan

There’s nothing I love more than planning a trip. It brings out the best and worst parts of me; The fantasist who gets lost in thinking about what could be. The compulsive controller who needs to have everything nutted out. The queen of indecision, who can’t commit to anything, unless she’s vetted all other options. […]

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Around the world

It’s been a steady month of being out and about. My credit card just got cancelled- the charming folks at the bank called to query some spending behaviour that was out of character. I tried to explain that it had just been busy. We hadn’t meant to be eating out this much. They calmed me […]

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the long awaited cake

It took a while- both to make, and then to muster the motivation to write it down. Winter has been a slow drag, dangling around our ankles. By the time I’ve got home, the odd episode of America’s next top model has often served as more of a temptation than blogland. What can I say- […]