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Pumpkin predicaments
If I say the word ‘pumpkin’ to you, what do you immediately think of? If it’s Hallowe’en, then you were probably born in the northern hemisphere. This week I was given a present of a pumpkin. It was...
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Dreaming of Darina
OK, so I got this book recently and it’s – as we’d say at home – feckin’ deadly! It’s called 700 Forgotten Kitchen Secrets by Darina Allen, and I recommend that everyone goes out and buys it,...
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Messy meringue
This week I got to thinking about how recipes are invented. Now, bear with me here, I’m not being totally stupid. Obviously some stuff just tastes good together, like macaroni and cheese. And clearly...
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Summery tart
This week spring well and truly descended onto Sydney, and it got HOT. It has been lovely and bright in the mornings and when I leave the office each evening. We’ve started sleeping with the windows...
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Totally tropical fool
It was Australia Day last Thursday; I’m not quite sure how it’s taken me a whole four days to get around to posting this. It seems I am the world’s biggest faffer. I’ve said before how excited I get...
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Auntie V’s beef stroganoff (well, almost)
Recently I’ve been thinking about family recipes and how they get passed from person to person. It was sparked by a story I heard about a girl who’s friends put together a scrap book of all their...
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Creamy, sundried surprise
So it’s time for another pasta surprise; because everyone loves pasta and surprises, hoo-raa! Pasta surprise is all kinds of super and as yumbolicious regulars will know, it’s one of my favourite...
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Autumn crème brûlée with spiced pineapple
Seasons are funny things, aren’t they? In Ireland we tend to have on average, oh, about two days of summertime a year. Three if we’re really lucky. When I was a student these days always conveniently...
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