21 December 2011
Cakes
My first step through the front door was met with an instant feeling of warmth and desire. The aroma of freshly baked pastry hung in the air, dripping with sweetness from slightly caramelised apricots and sugar. No, I wasn’t stepping into a pâtisserie on a Parisian back-street, I was stepping into my own front door [...]
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14 November 2011
Cookbook Review
Since 1950 Il Cucchiaio d’Argento has been one of Italy’s best selling cookbooks, featuring a dazzling array of recipes meticulously collected from all corners of the country. It was only 6 years ago that it was translated to English, extending The Silver Spoon to much more of the world with its encyclopedic anthology of culinary Italy. This year the [...]
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