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Oh Paula, You Crazy Beeatch: Savannah High Apple Pie
It started, as many good things do, with a Tweet. “SERIOUSLY PAULA?! Are you kidding me?! http://bit.ly/QZY7N“ Whilst recipe editing I had come across this gem, courtesy of Paula Deen: a monstrosity...
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When Life Gives You Bananas: Banana Bread
Though I am, on the whole, a fairly easy-going person, on occasion an event will occur that leaves my blood boiling. For about an hour I will fume quietly, my insides churning, head throbbing and...
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Dealing with Conflict: Kiwi Pavlova
Photo credit: David Mason. We deal with conflict everywhere. Whether it’s at work, with our friends and family, or simply with a complete stranger, it just can’t be avoided, no matter how hard we try;...
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On Simplifying Life: PB&J Brownies
I don’t think of myself as a particularly dramatic person and yet drama seems to follow me unnecessarily. Over the past couple of years I’ve faced more difficulties in my life than it seems any one...
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Dear Me: Happy Blog-O-Versary
Chocolate chip cookie recipe courtesy of Deb at Smitten Kitchen. So I only went and did it again and totally forgot to celebrate my blog-o-versary (I should really put the date in my diary) and I Am A...
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Dear Queenie: Happy Diamond Jubilee
Jubilee Coffee Cupcakes by Bruce. My heritage and accent are a great source of puzzlement to everybody who meets me. Born in London but possessing a rather international family (both blood relations...
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Let Them Eat Cake: A Sister’s Engagement Present
I don’t consider myself much of a baker and yet I’ve had more than one person ask me recently if baking is my speciality. I think it’s probably because I actually make an effort with cake presentation...
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Lookit What I Made, Ma
For about a year and a half now I’ve been quietly executing small catering jobs for private clients. I say quietly because I never really expected to be making such a shift in direction, so I didn’t...
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Pie 101: Cherry Pie + Peach & Raspberry Pie
I’m pretty sure that I’ve discovered total baking zen lately: that glorious moment when you are completely and utterly in the zone, when everything comes together smoothly and calmly and, above all,...
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The Taste of My Childhood: Nig Nags
When I was a little girl, around 4 or 5 years old, my family moved from our little end-terrace house to a beautiful big house with a huge garden in a very posh area of West London. The new house was...
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