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Twinings Teas

By John Loydall On June 11, 2013 · Add Comment
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When I was asked if I’d like to sample and review a selection of flavoured teas from Twinings I thought I’d give it a whirl. I have to admit though that I don’t normally stray much further than Assam or English Breakfast when it comes to tea drinking – something I do plenty of. Twinings [...]
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Baking Mad – Mini Croquembouche

By John Loydall On May 19, 2013 · Add Comment
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Today is World Baking Day – “step out of your comfort zone and bake something you have never baked before”. That’s the challenge. Fortunately I have an excellent resource at hand – the brilliant BakingMad.com If you’ve not used BakingMad.com yet I suggest you make your way over there. There’s some awesome recipes on their site [...]
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Live Below The Line

By John Loydall On April 28, 2013 · 2 Comments
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I am about to begin 5 days of feeding myself and my wife on no more than £1 each per day. Why? A challenge has been set by Live Bellow The Line – an awareness and fund raising campaign to help us understand, in a very small way, what over 1 billion people around the world [...]
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Shredded Pork Salad

By John Loydall On April 22, 2013 · Add Comment
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I had a pile of pulled/shredded pork left over from the ramen I cooked yesterday. I also had some salad ingredients going a little limp in the fridge – something had to be done. This salad is simple enough – the pork is fried a little more than you think you should – it will crisp [...]
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Ramen

By John Loydall On April 21, 2013 · 8 Comments
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I had been resisting posting a ramen recipe – it seems anywhere you turn in the food blog world at the moment you’ll be faced with a ramen of some sort. But then I thought – sod it – ramen is good.. ramen is very good – I HAD to do ramen. I had to [...]
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Neglecting My Sourdough

By John Loydall On April 21, 2013 · Add Comment
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What with installing new kitchens and dining rooms, feeding my sourdough starter once a week has kind of gone to pot. In fact I think it had been about 5 weeks since I last fed it. I normally feed it on a Friday night making sure we’re in good shape for bread making at the weekend. [...]
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And We’re Done

By John Loydall On April 7, 2013 · 6 Comments
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Building a new kitchen – this has been a perfect example of me starting something that I think will take a week or so and six weeks later I’m still working on it. However – apart from a few edges and bits of sanding, the new kitchen is in and I’m rather pleased with it. [...]
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