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Chicken Pot Pie
So... usually on Sundays we roast a whole chicken. Just the two of us usually only finish off half of it, the other half usually going into my salads for lunch. Well being that I was a particularly bad...
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Loch Fyne Fish & Oyster Bar : Nottingham
Loch Fyne is one of the many places we decided on a whim to eat at while we were on our honeymoon. We were on originally aiming to eat at an Indian Joint we had just watched on Kitchen Nightmares the...
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Our Wedding!!
So here you are!These are some photos (from our kick ass photographers Root Photography) of some of the awesome food we enjoyed at our wedding. The club was nice enough to let me design our menu.. and...
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Deep Fried Mars Bar
Nemesis InnardsThere comes a point in every foodaholics life that they finally meet their match. Their Arch Nemesis. Gone are the days of "I can eat ANYTHING!". I drag my sad little feet away in...
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St. John Resaurant, London
Well after watching Anthony Bourdain last night in London, I figured its about time I should share our own venture to this famous (but seemingly well kept secret) restaurant!I have to say this was one...
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Like Peanut Butter and Mayonaise
Okay... I love boiled peanuts plucked from one of the many dodgey little stands across the Florida highways. And I love me some Starbucks, sipping it while reading a book in their store.. or from a...
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Passion Fruits and other Delights
So for 2 years, I've been babying, growing, and loving this tiny little passion fruit plant (Passiflora Edulis) It started as a tiny little two leaved plant, which I trained up a 5 inch trellis, until...
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Pop's Stewed Lamb & Dumplings
On June 1st, Poppy Evans, my husbands mother, passed away. She was a fascinating woman, one that I wish I could have known longer/better. She lived what seemed to be an amazing life, born in and...
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I Heart Stew
One interesting thing I have noticed with the fall of the economy, is some more unusual bits of meat for the American market, cheap, offal being sold in our regular supermarket. I would have never have...
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Baked Potato Chowder
nomnomI made this today totally on a whim. Someone on Facebook (evil facebook) mentioned cooking potato soup, and for some reason, it just sounded.... right. Considering we currently have a ton of...
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Durian Smoothies for Fresh Breath.... or not....
A durian in smoothie form I think is a good initiation for someone who wants to try Durian... but is a little scared to go whole hog. However, unless you can find durian already shelled... it is...
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Pie Tuesdays!
So I've had this cookbook for a while now, Pie by Angela Boggiano. Being the pie fiend Dave is, not to mention he has converted me by proxy... we were ecstatic to stumble on this book in a Barnes &...
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Lamb Shank Pie
So this one didn't come out near as pretty as the one in the book, but that's mainly because I dont have a dish deep enough to keep those bones upright. So in the end they fell over causing all the...
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Mahi Mahi with Citrus Pan Sauce
So my normal method of mahi usually goes..... marinade for about 4 hours in either lemon juice, minced garlic and olive oil, or marinade for about 2 in lemon and orange juice, then throw it on the...
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Oven Roasted Veggies
Every now and then I get a serious craving for squash... usually acorn or butternut. And when this happens, it becomes the main feature of the plate, and we go all veggie for dinner that night.SO...
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To Eat a Jack-O-Lantern
Everywhere I searched on the web I was told jack-o-lantern style pumpkins are not for eating."They're too stringy,they're too watery,they don't have much flavor".The jack-o-lantern only sat outside for...
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Fried Gator
One reason to love living in Florida...and in this case... befriending a very unique breed of hunter.After our regular outing to the Central Florida Highland Games last weekend, and playing at the...
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Home Made Chicharrones
Also known as, Pork cracklins.I've always been huge fan of all forms of pork, especially kinds that include a nice crispy skin. This does not include the horrible bastardization of pork rinds you find...
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Highland Cattle Beef: Sirloin
Yesterday we made a 240 round trip journey to Zephyrhills Florida for one purpose. To visit a very special cattle rancher. His name is Peter, and runs the Running River Ranch in Virginia, with his wife...
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Beef Wellington
Because what Dave wants for his birthday dinner, Dave gets for his birthday dinner.It has become a bit of a tradition now that I make Dave whatever he can dream up for his birthday dinner no matter how...
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Farm Fresh Breakfast
This mornings breakfast! I scored big time at the farmers market! Found a local farmer who has pasture raised cattle and sells all sorts of grass fed beef -Deep Roots Meats. I also found someone...
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Masoor Dal & Raita
So we've decided to cut out mass produced meats from our diet.Yup... me... Queen Carnivore of the World... is reducing meat from her diet.Not because I buy into the evangelical preachings of PETA, or...
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Olive Focaccia
This is a bread I've been baking for years, and it is absolutely epic. Doesnt even need butter, but if you're feeling particularly decadent, go for it and dip a chunk of that bad boy in some seasoned...
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Turtle Soup
Living in Florida opens up some great adventerous seafood eating opportunities, and we just happen to live very close to an awesome little fish market that specializes in local catches. Every visit...
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