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Flapjacks… ou les crepes?
Pancakes are my ultimate comfort food. The memory of that warm, sweet smell from childhood haunts me still and brings back the vision of a plateful smothered in home-made brown sugar sauce flavoured with vanilla (a substitute for maple syrup), or corn syrup, which was far too sweet and syrupy for me. Of course the [...]
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Fine dine for your Valentine
If there is one day of the year you do not want to dine out, it’s Valentine’s Day. Kitchens are often crazy with bookings, tempers short, service sketchy and the food mediocre. Plan an alternate date when the kitchens are more controlled. That doesn’t mean you cannot make the evening special. In fact, with this [...]
The Main Menu: Perfectly pleasing pasta
What’s for dinner? A question like this asked at the witching hour – anywhere from 5:00 pm and 6:30 pm when hunger is sharp and tempers are frayed – can cause despair. The cook may frantically search for take-out telephone numbers, or take a refrigerator inventory. If you have some basic ingredients, you can be [...]
The Main Menu: Cheap, cheerful and filling
Happy 2012! After the expenses of the ‘festive season’, you may have decided to re-evaluate your spending, In fact, you may want to tighten your belt in more ways than just financial! With that in mind, and with the advice of friends, I have come up with some dependable recipes that are inexpensive to prepare [...]
