What’s Your Guilty Pleasure

Regardless of our refined our tastes may be, we all have a few guilty pleasures. Foods that we just love even though we know we shouldn't. I am very much against processed food, but there are some to which I just can't seem to shake my addiction! I h (read full article)

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Mood Enhancing Foods

Obviously being a foodie means I believe eating can cure most things ( a dangerous notion I know!). For years now whenever I am a bit fed up I make the same thing – pasta with tomato sauce. I don't know what it is about this dish that cheers me up (read full article)

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Key Lime Pie

I'd hear of key lime pie but had always thought key was for kiwi and the pie was a kiwi, lime pie. Why I thought this would be a traditional southern delicacy, as kiwis are not at all native to the US, I can't say. But then, another speciality is b (read full article)

North Carolina travel guide - Wikitravel

For more on the bakcground of North Carolina including its food, go herNorth Carolina travel guide - Wikitravel (read full article)

Eating the Country - Seafood at Southport

This place is great for atmosphere and good honest seafood, shrimp were a little overcooked but still pretty good and the crabcake was really tasty. Loved the fact they gave us salad instead of tons of fries. They have a great system where you just (read full article)

Cuisine, fish, food, Restaurant, Seafood, travel

Eating the Country - Asheville

It's amazing when you visit somewhere and never have a bad meal - anywhere. If you want to eat some incredible food Asheville is a foodie's paradise. We were there for 3 day and had everything from nouveau local food, latin inspired, organic and trad (read full article)

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Pear and goats cheese salad

This is a great salad as a starter. - First, caramelise some pecans. Whip up some egg whites (about 2 large ones) until foamy and drop raw pecans into them- Remove the nuts and drop them into a zip lock bag containing sugar , toss to coat- Bake in (read full article)

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Chicken Soup

This is my mother-in-law's wonderful chicken soup. It is simple and hearty with huge noodles. She makes her soup by cooking chicken breasts in broth then removing and cutting up the breasts while the noodles cook. She then adds sweetcorn and the shre (read full article)

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Eating The Country - Part 2

I make it a rule when visiting somewhere that I try the local specialities first and in North Carolina this means seafood and good 'low country' cooking. The first two pictures show lunch we had at the Raleigh farmer's market. Broiled scallops with (read full article)

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Food Tourism

Being a foodie means that I love to find a good market but it's not just because I love to eat. Markets are a great opportunity to learn about the landscape and history of a place. This market in Raleigh was full of fresh produce as well as wonderf (read full article)

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Eating the Country

One of the best things about travelling for me is discovering new food. People are often dismissive about food in the US, claiming it's all about the portions. I have always found my trips to America to be real culinary adventures. The supermarket (read full article)

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Variation on a Theme: Lentil and Potato Bake

Anyone who follows my recipes will know I am a bit of a bake fanatic. So comforting and yummy and I usually incorporate my favourite béchamel sauce in it somewhere. This recipe got more elaborate the more I got involved, it's sort of a bastardised s (read full article)

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Best Brownies

I have a good friend to thank for this recipe for brownies. A decent brownie is a very special thing and so often I find when I buy brownies they are either far too sweet of dry and spongy (basically like a chocolate cake). These brownies are dense, (read full article)

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Stir-fried aubergine (eggplant) with tomato and chili

I went for lunch at a Chinese restaurant and had this more-ish dish so decided to try and make it at home. It goes very well with the my adobo recipe from a few days ago.For 22 tablespoons of oil1 large aubergine cut lengthwise into sticks of about 1 (read full article)

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Chicken or Pork Adobo

I love adobo and this one is so fragrant and lovely. You can use chicken or pork or a mixture of both. Choose chicken thighs not breasts which are dry and bland. For pork, pick pieces with some bone and a little bit of fat, this adds to the flavor an (read full article)

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Chocolate Almond and Fig Clusters

This is the perfect snack, the chocolate is the 70% cocoa kind, so less calories and the almonds and dried figs are sweet, crunchy and very good for you.Melt your chocolate 100 gram chocolate bar in a bowl over hot waterWhen melted add enough almond (read full article)

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Pork with Sage and Beans

 The hardest part of this dish was cooking the beans – they took hours and hours! But it was worth it to get the creamy texture I wanted, and I did a big enough batch to freeze for another time. I used white beans that are commonly sold here in Z (read full article)

Aubergine/Eggplant Baked Pasta

I know, I know, yet another pasta al forno dish! I can’t help it, I find baked pasta so comforting and easy for larger numbers. Make sure you make enough sauce otherwise it gets really dry when baked.Serves 3-4- One 500 gram packet of sho (read full article)

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Since I live in the Southern Hemisphere, you would imagine that hot chocolate is not the best choice for the time of year being as it is hot and humid. However it is also the rainy season and when it rains it definitely cools down and then hot chocol (read full article)

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Potatoe Salad Without Mayonnaise but still good!

This potato salad is a lovely alternative to the usual mayonnaise drenched one. It is simple to prepare and probably much better for you. We ate it with salty fried halloumi and it was the perfect accompaniment. Boil lots of potatoes so you can keep (read full article)

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