Archive | February, 2010

The Cookbook Challenge ~ Week 9 Berry

Cookbook:  101 Fantastic Juices and Smoothies Recipe:  Mighty Berry Smoothy (aka Number 88) If you are thinking that I am avoiding making desserts or baking by choosing a smoothy for this challenge, you wouldn’t be far off the truth! I originally made Pauline Kwong’s Pavlova for this challenge.  It was a great way to use [...]

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Vindaloo Against Violence

Don’t worry.  This is still a food blog, not a political soapbox. I couldn’t ignore this event and cause though, and urge you not too either. I am not a fan of any violence, certainly not racially motivated violence, so the reportage of the assaults that Indians have suffered has disturbed me.  Whilst I am [...]

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The Cookbook Challenge ~ Week 8 Sweet

Hmm.  Sweet.  Not my forte.  Not at all.  I am 99.999% a savoury girl.  The 0.001% is the kind of single origin dark chocolate that makes you go weak at the knees.  But even then I only need one small square. So was I excited when I saw the theme for this week?  Was I [...]

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