…some of you may also have some turkey meat lurking in your deep freeze, or a carcass if you’re lucky…
Category: Christmas
Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding
not many people are keen on panettone – is it bread or cake? It’s too dry to be cake but not doughy enough to be bread. What do you have it with? How do you slice it? How do you serve it? Are those raisins and bits of candied peel?
Christmas Party
At this time of year I always like to have people round sharing a cup of something warm or something fizzy. The great company of old friends, reminiscing about good times, laughing about something silly and feasting on delicious food. I always try to create a feeling of relaxed abundance – as I too need…
Back to Normal
Since mid December, my diet has generally been three courses (both at lunch and dinner) decadent and full of festive indulgence, or should I say indigestion! And even now as I sit here contemplating how much I’ve eaten I am still trying to organise another festive offering of food and wine – literally squeezing the Christmas out of the final days of the holidays.
Christmas Foodathon
Christmas Day is the traditional turkey lunch with all the trimmings and post lunch Queen’s-speech-nap whilst the Brussels work their way through you! But in many households, Christmas Eve, is more of a party with more people turning up and feasting at a banqueting table of food for everyone to pick at. I prefer eating…
Mulled Cider
Looking through recipe books and scouring websites, there are many Mulled Wine recipes all of them purporting to be “Christmas in a glass” served on stoves next to roaring log fires in Alpine ski lodges but I have to be honest and say that I am glad to have found a cider version of this…
Boxing Day
As much fun as the run up to Christmas is – the actual event divides us. The stress of buying presents that outdo the ones you gave last year or the traditional family arguments has everyone bee-lining for the drinks cabinet upon arrival! And even though you don’t need a manual to overcome the holiday…
Foodie Presents
So…food gifts…where do you stand on these? Are you of the, “What a great idea! Such a personal gift made with love”, “Can’t wait to use those preserved lemons in my next tagine” or “Stingy f*****r!” TV Chefs and food experts try to convince us that a food gift would be a great present to…
New Years Day
In the past, no matter what time we went to bed at and no matter how much toasting to the new year had gone on, someone (Gran and Mum) had to wake up early and get started on preparing and cooking a New Year’s lunch for a family of 7+. On most occasions, the same…
Christmas Party
“I’m no good at chatting up and always get rebuffed, Enough to drive a man to drink, I don’t do no washing up” But you will always find me in the kitchen at parties! And that is exactly where I spent most of my Saturday. Not just at the party but throughout the day as…
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