Monthly Archives: April 2012

Virtulicious raspberry oat muffins

Online supermarket shopping: the devil’s business or working mum’s salvation? I’m never quite sure. My attempts to get it right usually result in fury, comedy or both. Fury that I never – ever – receive everything I’ve ordered (and am offered risible … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Caramelized sweet potato with brown rice udon noodles

Earthy, sweet and satisfying, sweet potatoes would definitely be on my list of favourite vegetables (if I ever ran out of things to do and pulled such a list together). Roasted (with a skewer through its heart to speed up … Continue reading →

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Review: Virgin to Veteran: How to Get Cooking With Confidence, by Sam Stern

Sam Stern should take no offence at the fact I asked my 7-year-old son to command the pass on this one. It’s not that the recipes in Virgin to Veteran are childish – far from it – it’s just that my little … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Find: Cookbooks and magic shelves

My husband had just heaved another box or two of cookbooks down from our loft – to put goodness knows where, as the bookshelves aren’t built yet – when Sarah Emily Duff tweeted some magical little films about bookshelves. How I … Continue reading →

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