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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:52:00 -0800

Heart of the Matter round up: whole grains
Grains were the subject of this month's Heart of the Matter ... and here you'll find a small number of very good ideas from...
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Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:01:00 -0800

How DO you say Miele?
Most inconveniently, I've fallen in love - preposterously, with a fridge. Not just any old fridge, either. I'm not much of a...
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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:51:00 -0800

Happy Thanksgiving
Just back from a fabulous day out arranging flowers with Robbie Honey ... we made wreaths, table decorations, a hand-tied bunch...
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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:38:00 -0800

Extra fruity Christmas Cake
I recently found myself promising to make a Christmas cake for the raffle at the cricket dinner. Fine, I'm good at making...
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Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:29:00 -0800

10 ways with mashed potatoes
On a grey rainy day last week, I test drove a new-to-me car. I picked it up on another rainy day. The next morning, there was...
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:31:00 -0800

Black Boxes widget
Here's a new way to drive up traffic / waste time ... Black Boxes (scroll down a bit). You have several either/or decisions...
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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:05:00 -0800

A recipe for bumblebees in your garden
I'm always a little surprised when I read that British bumblebees are in decline to the point of near-extinction, because...
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Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:47:00 -0800

Six-seed rolls
I used Allinson's Seed and Grain Bread Flour for these fabulous rolls. The flour itself is white, but 20% of the mixture is...
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Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:28:00 -0800

Christmas chutney
For many people, the warm spices - cinnamon, cloves, cardamon, nutmeg, mace - are the smell of Christmas. They're also the...
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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:45:00 -0800

Tree of happiness award
Just having a bit of a spring clean of my computer, and found, hidden away, from long ago, a lovely award given to me by Top...
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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:45:00 -0800

Fig vinegar
Christmas presents are so much nicer when they're homemade: I treasure the chopping boards made by my children, the necklaces...
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Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:43:00 -0800

A story for Armistice Day
My grandfather was born in 1899. Just right to serve in two world wars. He was a talented sportsman (played international...
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Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:17:00 -0800

Pumpkins to grow and eat
These are the results of Sarah Raven's pumpkin trial, conducted this summer in the terrible conditions we had for squash. It...
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Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:38:00 -0800

Skirlie - oats for Heart of the Matter
This is an announcement for November's Heart of the Matter - we're looking for recipes using GRAINS ... all sorts of grains...
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Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:45:00 -0800

The speaking of the tree
My father spent part of the second world war in the American desert, training pilots. He came home with a lifelong love of...
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Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:26:00 -0700

Cruchade
It snowed last night. Wet snow, the sort that doesn't usually settle, especially in Oxfordshire in October. I don't ever...
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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:22:00 -0700

Salt in bread dough
I bake all the bread we eat in this house, and yet it's still a little hit or miss. So I signed up as a recipe tester for...
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Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:41:00 -0700

What is the best alternative to Bloglines??
Am I the last person to leap from the sinking ship that is Bloglines? It's been very flaky these past couple of weeks, not...
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Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:04:00 -0700

Pumpkin in chilli oil
I hesitate to write about something so simple, but this week I read that American recipes for pumpkin all start open a can of...
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Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:59:00 -0700

Beans on toast
Instant beans on toast ...Frying panOlive oilHeatA few bacon bitsStirCan of canneloni beansHeatFresh tomato - don't stint,...
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Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:02:00 -0700

Quick mushroom sauce for pasta
When I chop vegetables, I go for speed. When Lettice chops them, she takes enough care to end up with uniformly small cubes....
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:14:00 -0700

Roasted beetroot
Last night was the Hunter's Moon, the lovely full moon that is so useful for seeing in the still-unaccustomed darkness of...
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:08:00 -0700

Another romantic present
I've discovered in the last couple of weeks that I'm not very good with an axe. Luckily, all the males round here LOVE making...
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:27:00 -0700

Sticky pears with gorgonzola
Here's a delicious autumn recipe for those hard pears you find everywhere at this time of year - and a way to make a little...
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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:22:00 -0700

Sardoni in saor
These Venetian marinated sardines have been on my must-cook list since I read Patience Gray's Honey from a Weed. They're that...
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