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Glazed fruit tartlet topped with strawberry, kiwi, mango, blackcurrants, blackberry, and physalis
Food

Strawberry and blueberry tartlets

So it was the Wimbledon final on Sunday, and despite all British hope of Murray winning the thing, he didn’t manage to overcome the overwhelming smugness of Rog…

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Caramelised tarte tatin on a dark platter with one slice lifted on a cake server
Food

Red Onion, Fennel and Chilli Tarte Tatin

Caramel and pastry are super tasty, especially if there are onions in the middle instead of apples, but then I think any dessert can be probably be made tastier…

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Dark rectangular blocks of dense Japanese yokan jelly arranged on a fibrous leaf tray
Food

Yokan

So I ended up with a bunch of anko that I wasn’t sure what to do with, and then this molecular gastronomy starter kit arrived in the post, and one of the chemic…

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Kinako-dusted cubes of dark red-bean anko paste in a white bowl, one piece broken open
Food

Pressure cooker anko

I just got a new toy, a pressure cooker. (Though finding one which actually cooked at a full pressure of 15 PSI was surprisingly difficult) So obviously I had t…

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Flour-dusted golden loaf in a tin beside thick slices showing a soft white crumb
Food

Milk and Cornflakes Bread

Like most people I am a creature of habit and convenience when it comes to breakfast time. My default morning meals are either cereals and some fruit, or bread …

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Fluted crème caramel on a patterned plate with dark amber caramel poured over the top
Food

Maple and bacon creme caramel

Bacon is probably the internet’s favourite food (there’s a Bacon Wikipedia Project after all), and after making cereal infused milk for bread , bacon infused mi…

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Grilled cheese toastie halves stacked on a white plate with melted cheese oozing from toasted bread
Food

Hot Cross French Bacon Cheese Toastie

How’s that for an epic sounding breakfast? Not like it hasn’t been done before , just a quick holiday themed post of an awesome way to consume all those hot cro…

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Tall flowering wild parsnip with yellow-green umbels rising above meadow grass
Food

Parsnip and pears

As well as looking like an anteater’s nose parsnips occupy a strange spicy and sweet place for a vegetable. Roast they are fantastic and, as Wikipedia instructs…

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Open antique recipe manuscript with dense handwriting and a calligraphic scrap across the page
Food

Random recipe generator

Tonight I think you should cook: Click on the text above, and click any button to generate a new recipe. Most interesting and innovative recipe ideas come for n…

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Whole orange with textured peel and a short green stem against a dark navy background
Food

What is an orange?

The world of citrus fruit is an incestuous one. I had long wondered what the difference is between a mandarin, clementine, satsuma and tangerine. It turns out t…

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Circular RGB colour wheel with a smooth spectrum gradient on a white background
Processing

Toxiclibs tutorials – TColor

Bored of primitive shape objects? Me too. It’s time to add a splash of colour. TColor The basic building block of colours in toxiclibs is the TColor class, as w…

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