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Fantastic Food Stars

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Fantastic Food Stars Sandown Park

Congratulations to new baking sensation Jack Sturgess who won the ‘Local Food Hero’ category in the Fantastic British Food Festivals new Fantastic Food stars competition at Sandown Park.  Jack was also later crowned overall winner of the food festival by BBC Bake off winner Nadiya Hussain. Continue reading →

Strawberry Jam for Mothers Day.

25 Tuesday Mar 2014

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A few days ago my husband complained that there was no jam in the house.  I am not a jam eater, I do not like very sweet things so this didn’t really bother me.  I had also been thinking about making a gift this mothers day for my mother and mother in law as there is nothing sweeter than receiving a gift that someone has put time and effort into.  Later when I was buying my weekly fruit and vegetables at Epsom market I noticed they were selling kilo boxes of strawberries.

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Emma’s Pear and Chocolate Cake.

13 Thursday Mar 2014

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‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’

C.S Lewis

Pear and chocolate is one of those heavenly combinations a bit like blueberry and lemon or strawberry and cream.  I hadn’t ever really thought of combining the two in a cake until I discovered four ripe Bartlett pears in my fruit bowl that I didn’t know what to do with. Continue reading →