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BF Bites – February Roundup

Nesting Kitchen Essential –Rosti Bowls These design classics were my first and best ever set of stacking bowls, pilfered from my grandmothers kitchen while her back was turned.  They are ...

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BF Bites – January Roundup

Seasonal Bounty – Rhubarb, Blood Oranges and Artichokes We may be in the bleak mid winter, but that does not leave us short of mouth watering seasonal produce.  While everyone ...

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ice cream

BF Bites – December Roundup

December was a crazy month of festivities and travel, including a glorious ten days in Cape Town with the only friends in the world who will house all six of ...

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Babka

November Bites

Welcome to this new section of the blog where I will list my favourite item/eatery/gadget/book/thing to do/product or anything other nugget that tickled my fancy through the month.  I realise ...

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Ballymaloe Weekend (and those scones)

Every year it happens.  School finishes for the summer, and lacking any desire to tackle early morning departures over the holidays, I take the executive decision that summer camp is ...

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Building Feasts Cooking Classes

Big news! I am now offering classes from my home in Central London. You can either book by clicking the below links on the sessions below or through the Classes ...

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Cape Town Moments

It is not every day that we are invited to be house guests.  But we have some pretty special friends who have somewhat temporarily relocated to Cape Town, and graciously ...

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A Few Baking Tips

Without a doubt, the culinary questions I am most frequently asked are baking related.  It seems that while we all love eating them, some folks shy away from the opportunity ...

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US Road Trip Top 10

We have just returned from an almost 3 week adventure in the USA.  Starting with 10 days in New York where we met the Australian contingent of our family for ...

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Thanksgiving 2015 Menu

This year marks a big change in how we are celebrating Thanksgiving. Being in the minority, the few London family members make our annual November pilgrimage to New England in to join the family for…

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Chicago Bound

In a few hours time I will be en route to Chicago.  Alone.   For a whole four days. I don’t frequently get the opportunity to travel any more without at ...

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The Bun is Out of the Oven

Introducing Seth Abraham Goldsmith, born September 5th 2014.  Known by his brothers as G4……… As I mentioned in my last post, I spent the last few weeks of my pregnancy ...

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Top 10 Holiday Essentials

Six summers ago we gave up holidaying in hotels.  It all just became too stressful – containing young children in public eating spaces for three meals a day, not having ...

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