So I watched Julie and Julia and loved it. From the opening sequence through the expected dramatic girl-looses-guy middle and on to the unexpectedly imperfect ending. Julia Child’s character is totally lovable: always hungry; graceful in a way that only large framed women can almost pull off; obsessed by butter. Lets just say I identified. […]
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Tag Archives: desserts
Savoury Pierogi Recipe and Sweet Pierogi Recipe
August 14, 2010 
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I’ve recently found and joined a great online community called The Daring Kitchen – each month a cooking challenge is set, and the experience is reported back either through a blog post, or on the forum if you’re not a blogger. Each month you can chose between two challenges – one for the daring bakers […]
Read more Edible Flower Recipes Part 2: Elder Flower Fritters
July 7, 2010 0 Comments
This recipe is a follow on from the common mallow (malva) recipe recipe that I posted a while back, both were learned from the team at BiAgriSalute and illustrate a wonderful ways to use these foraged edible flowers. The elderberry tree (or sambuca tree, or sambucus nigra) is found native in Europe; northwest Africa; southwest […]
Read more Orange and Rum Biscotti Recipe
July 3, 2010 0 Comments
I always assumed biscotti recipes would be complex, I think because I immediately assume anything sweet is incredibly hard to cook (yes, I’m working on expanding my sweet recipe repertoire to hopefully expel this myth). However I’ve been proven wrong, this is a very rewarding (read: delicious) recipe and as long as you keep an […]
Read more Edible Flower Recipes Part 1: Common Mallow Fritters (Fritella Di Malva)
June 13, 2010 3 Comments
I’m currently sharing a kitchen with an incredibly resourceful and knowledgeable group at BioAgriSalute who have shown me (among other recipes) how to cook with flowers, nettles and the leaves of the zucchini plant. More on the other recipes later, for now let’s discuss the use of the common mallow (known as Malva in Italy), […]
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