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Saturday, 22 January 2011

Baking cakes to Save Norbury Library

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I became a member of Norbury Library on Friday and took out my first book. Nigel Slater - The Kitchen Diaries. I like to watch him on TV and...
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it's been a long time

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I haven't been blogging about baking or food for a while. I didn't mention anything about Christmas, the 6kg turkey, the first time ...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Gingerbread men

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We like men in this house, especially gingerbread men. Here was my first effort in making gingerbread men. A trial run for the Norbury Chris...

Stir Up Sunday

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Sunday the 21st was Stir Up Sunday. The traditional day for making the Christmas pudding. I adopted this tradition last year and think its a...
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Saturday, 13 November 2010

Bridget's Baby Shower

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I don't need an excuse to bake - but a baby shower in the office was a special occasion I couldn't miss. Cupcakes with pink frosting...
Friday, 29 October 2010

Symbolism in the Kitchen

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For those in the know a new kitchen has been installed in Norbury Manor - a slow and sometimes painful process. Not yet finished, but with w...
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Friday, 22 October 2010

Halloween dinner at IKEA Croydon

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IKEA is many things to many people - it's one of our feeding stations whilst the kitchen is being remodelled. Last night's menu offe...
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010

My quest for the perfect coffee

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Unfortunately, London is not an easy place to find good coffee. Yes, there are Starbucks on every corner - sorry but I think they are awful....
Monday, 18 October 2010

The best thing about baking a cake

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Is licking the bowl. Here are the remnants of a chocolate whoopie pie cake I made for Ali's birthday. I always leave a bit extra in the ...
Thursday, 14 October 2010

Kisses from America

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Our neighbours Pete and Debbie returned from a trip to the States with Hershey's Kisses. Guilty pleasures - and you can't stop at on...
Sunday, 10 October 2010

What goes in...

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Must come out. But why do you need coloured paper to wipe it away. My thoughts when I came across coloured toilet paper in Froiz supermarke...
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Monday, 4 October 2010

The Kitchen Garden

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Norbury Manor's kitchen garden is taking shape. Over the past few weeks Karl (with a little bit of help from me) has been building the ...
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Sunday, 3 October 2010

The gayest drink - Pink Port from Porto

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This has to be the gayest drink ever.  Pink Port - enjoyed chilled over ice, it's a new way to drink Port and is the world's first p...
Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Honey, Honey, how you thrill me...

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So say the words of the famous ABBA song. Now its your turn. Bees are declining and they are so important. the National Trust has started a ...