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OMG! Heaven in four bites
In a shopping arcade in Santa Fe is a kiosk that sells chocolates. I bought a tequila lime salted caramel one, and oh my, was it good! Filed under: Food & Wine, USA
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Yummy yoghurt ice creams
Making these is SUPER simple and requires about 2 minutes preparation, then waiting a few hours (or overnight) for them to harden. I’ve made heaps this summer, and they are a great healthy snack. The...
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Losing tourist dollars
I’ve been meaning to write this post since mid-December, but a house guest, Christmas, summer holidays etc. got in the way. I had a significant ‘zero’ birthday in December, and to celebrate, we...
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Miami: Monday 23 March 2015
We were up early this morning (as we have been every morning… even when we didn’t have to be) and on the road to the place where we were meeting the River of Grass representative for our Everglades...
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Batch cooking
I cooked up a storm for 3 hours on Friday afternoon — the aim was to fill the freezer with prepared meals so that on the nights I don’t feel like cooking, I can always grab something and heat it up for...
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Tea discrimination
I’m currently in the US for a conference. After a nice long walk this morning, I had breakfast in one of the hotel’s restaurants (I looked to eat elsewhere but it was Easter Sunday in a downtown area...
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Meals
So far on this trip, I’ve eaten some great meals in the US. Here are a few; I’ll add more as the tour gets underway: Black Angus sirloin Jamaican pulled pork sandwich with parsnip and slaw, and hot...
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Quirky names for chili sauces
All spotted in ‘Aged and Cured’, a cheese and meats shop in Kitchen Kettle Village, Intercourse, PA. I tasted the ‘Sphincter Shrinker’ one and the Dave’s ghost pepper one — damn, they were HOT! But...
View ArticlePerfect pork crackling
I’ve never had much trouble getting a decent crackling on roast pork, but sometimes the edges where the skin turned under were a bit rubbery. For decades, my method has been a well-scored skin, with...
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Trying again with ‘no knead’ bread
When I made blueberry muffins the other day, I also tried my first attempt at ‘no knead’ bread. It was a disaster!!! Just a hot glob of yucky dough. It seems that dried yeast has a shelf life—who...
View ArticleAir fryer sausages
It’s a been a long time since I wrote a blog post, and yes, I’ll get to the air fried sausages soon. After our bathroom renos and my appendix operation earlier in 2023, our world was turned upside down...
View ArticleAir fryer: Reheating pizza
I confess—I LIKE cold pizza and will have leftover slices for lunch the following day. But today I decided to reheat 2 slices from last night’s pizza in the air fryer for my lunch. And I’m not sure...
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No-knead bread in the air fryer
I wanted to see if I could make no-knead bread in my dual basket Ninja air fryer. Various YouTube videos and websites said you can certainly bake bread in an air fryer, so it was time to see for...
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