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Happy Bonfire Night!Hope everyone in the UK enjoyes the fireworks tonight or at the weekend, and stay safe if you are having your own fireworks party!Parkin is a soft cake that is traditionally made using oats and treacle and is eaten on Bonfire Night. It originates from the north of England and can vary from being soft and sticky, to a drier type in texture. If you can't get black treacle, you

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I'm getting a bit fed up with our tomatoes taking over the kitchen, but the end is in sight!The freezer is my friend during the winter months and slow roasting the tomatoes before freezing them is one way of making sure they don't go to waste. It's like taking a little bit of summer out of the freezer every time you use a few.I've perked them up with some red chillies (surprise, surprise) just to

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It's here - another World Bread Day!To celebrate I've made some French bread, using French bread flour. My trusty bread machine was used for the kneading process, but you can get stuck in and knead by hand - very therapeutic! I use one of those special bread tins which give a lovely authentic dimply effect on the bottom of the bread.French BreadRecipe adapted from the Panasonic booklet that came

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Things are changing for me at home. My dessert partner in crime has headed off for his first year at University, leaving me at a loss of what to do with my chocolate! A good friend told me that just when you get used to them being away, they come home and take over again.So, I'm going to wean myself off of the chocolate for a few posts, starting with some tomatoes and chillies.A few of the chilli

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As we head into October, it's time to start thinking about.... I can't bear to say the word.... yep, Christmas!I'm one of those who truly does leave everything to the last minute, shopping, baking and menus. But this year, I was contacted by Morrisons - the large supermarket chain - asking if I would like to join other bloggers and make a Christmas cake. The idea is to encourage their customers

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One of the easiest ways to enjoy the last of the summer berries is to plonk them onto a pavlova. The meringue in this recipe is for softer, chewy, melting meringues, rather than the crisp dry ones that you would use for something like frozen meringue creams.Summer Berry PavlovaAdapted from The Best of Sainsbury's DessertsMakes one large or 6 mini pavlovas4 large egg whites250g/8oz caster sugar1

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Serve with scones and clotted creamI'm pleased to be participating in A Taste of Yellow, an event where food bloggers from around the world are invited to contribute a yellow dish, or drink, to raise awareness of cancer issues worldwide. The event is being hosted by Barbara of Winos and Foodies, in support for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.This year, I've made some jam using the glut of fresh

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Recently, when I was on holiday in Norway, the weather was gorgeous - so warm that I bought a Daim ice cream cone. I've not seen them over here, which is a pity because they are fabulous. I couldn't get that cone out of my head, chocolatey and creamy - with a crunch. Was it delicious just because I was on holiday?I remembered that I had bought back a couple of packets of Daim crunchy bits (I'm

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When my mum moved to be closer to her daughters, she had a big clear-out and I became the owner of some old pieces of kitchen equipment that she no longer wanted. One item was a round flan tin for baking sponge cakes, with an indent in the middle for the filling. I had good intentions of using it but ended up shoving it into the back of a deep cupboard.The other day I fished out that tin and used

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The view of Bergen from the top of the Fløibanen funicularBergen was one of the first places we visited in Norway, a beautiful city with a wonderful fish market that I want to share with you.Bergen fish market - you can see the famous buildings of Bryggen in the backgroundEverything packed on ice to keep it freshDried fishDelicious salmonFresh shrimp, crab and lobsterAnyone for caviar?Reindeer

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Eidfjord, NorwayI've just come back from Norway, where we spent two wonderful weeks cruising the beautiful fjords, going right up into the Arctic Circle to the North Cape - home of the midnight sun.Leknes, Lofoten Islands, NorwayI won't bore you with too much of the amazing scenery, on to a few of the sweet treats that I had - it's tough having to force down desserts like this every day! I

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I don't eat that many crisps, but when I do, I always go for the folded ones first.You have to shake the bag to find 'them'So, so - a broken one with an air pocketFolded and with an air pocket!This is a perfect one, ahhhhh!Oh yeah baby, I've hit the jackpot - double the pleasure with this one!!And this one should be in the Tate ModernSo, what do you have an obsession with???♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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It's a fantastic feeling when you pick that first ripe tomato or courgette etc. All the sunshine we had a few weeks ago has done wonders for the garden, and here are a few things we are picking now.The first sweet baby tomatoCourgettes/zucchini Herbs including rosemary and sageMirabelles ready to dropReady for cookingI've saved the best until last - artichokes!For many years, the only vegetable

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If you want to try something sweet and a little different, these salted caramel tarts might be just the thing. I clipped the recipe from a Delicious Magazine when they had a chocolate special a while back, and the recipe was courtesy of Hannah Miles - a Masterchef runner up from a few years ago.I didn't particularly care for the chocolate pastry and the second time around I used Dorie's sweet

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As soon as this sign appears in our village, you know that the cherry season is with us. Even though the season is short, we try to make the most of the cherries, and this year they are really big and juicy.Some left-over chocolate cake can be made into a simple Black Forest trifle, no recipe as it's one of those things you just throw together.In the bottom of a serving glass, or dish, I spooned

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We have more raspberries than we know what to do with lately, and one easy way to use them up is to make a raspberry cordial - a sweet, non-alcoholic fruit concentrate that is diluted down with water/lemonade to taste.This went down a treat in the mini-heatwave we had last week, and is a great way to use up the smaller, softer, more manky raspberries that you might not want in your

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It's been a busy couple of months, school is almost finished for the summer and the British strawberry season is here. I have an overload of beautiful garden raspberries and these little tarts are one way to use them up.I used Dorie's sweet tart dough from this post and filled the baked cases with a little whipped double cream. Just add ripe, summer fruits.Little pastry cases ready to bakeFilled

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Here is a small selection of photos, in no particular order (although I am a sucker for cookbooks and kitchenware) from the stands at the Summer BBC Good Food Show. The food part of the show was a bit smaller than last time, but there was an added bonus of a huge gardening and horticultural section, in conjunction with Gardeners World.All the cookbooks you could wantA selection of cookware from

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I must be one of the luckiest food bloggers around! Due to other commitments, I had missed out on Miele's St. Patricks Day experience back in March, but this was an invitation to go the Summer BBC Good Food Show on a Saturday and I was free! After my fabulous experience last November with Miele, I was really looking forward to going, and it didn't disappoint.On arriving, we were met and looked

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This is the first article in an occasional series about the farmers' markets in my area, also highlighting the Local Food Advisor.Local Food Advisor is a wonderful website with a wealth of information on finding local food in your area of the UK. Just type in your postcode to find your nearest farmer's market, or look for award winning producers, local food restaurants and even vegetable box

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Redcurrants beginning to ripenThe sun is shining and everything in the garden is looking good. Veggies are planted and various fruits have been spotted.I'm really excited as our mirabelle tree is absolutely loaded this year, compared to last year when we could count them on one hand. As soon as they ripen I'm going to be out there picking the ones I can reach, before the birds enjoy their

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With the weather warming up and the evenings becoming longer, ice cream days are here again!I want to SCREAM really loudly about this one, as it's soooo easy - 5 minutes to prepare for freezing and it's yet another recipe that you don't need to use a machine for.But before I get on to the ice cream, I want to show you the chocolate cups I came up with. You really need some silicone moulds for

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Craving chocolate cake? I am..... again!This one is a rich fudgy, dense, dark chocolate cake with a wonderful chocolate icing from Laura at EAT DRINK LIVE. It's not a cake for the faint hearted as there's an awful lot of butter and chocolate in it, but having said that, it makes a big cake and will feed a crowd.As you can see, mine took on the look of the Grand Canyon with its huge cracks, but it

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Happy St. George's Day!!And to celebrate, I made something totally English and very wonderful. Gingerbread - a copy of "Grasmere Gingerbread" - recipe courtesy of Jamie Oliver.I do love ginger, in the right quantities! When I clapped eyes on this article from Apartment Therapy The Kitchen, I knew that the recipe would queue jump all others in the ever growing pile. I've not eaten the "original"

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How to eat your eggs: Choose your egg Carefully unwrapBite the top offMunch awayAll gone....Happy Easter!♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥This content belongs to Nicisme at Cherrapeno. All writing and photography copyright N Fowers © 2007-2009 unless otherwise indicated. All rights reserved.

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