There are a few things that come to mind as quintessentially British summer: Pimms, a maximum of 3 days of actual summer, a rained out Wimbledon championship, and of course strawberries. Well we’ve now had two hot days in a row which may have broken some sort of English record, and with local [...]

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Along with her eclectic collection of biscuit tins which my mom always keeps stocked with fresh homemade biscuits, she generally has a freezer stash as well. My husband and my dad both have a late night sweet tooth and love nothing better than to snack on her secret hoard of syrupy sweet koeksusters [...]

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I realise that the TGRWT #6 deadline was Monday 1 October, so for the purposes of this post I am going to go for temporary suspension of disbelief. My computer has just got out of rehab so I have a little catching up to do. Therefore, it IS 1 October and this is my entry [...]

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Yes, that’s exactly the reaction I got from my neighbour when I asked her if I could borrow her ice cream machine, shortly before she pantomimed sticking her finger down her throat, as if the mere thought of it made her sick. Clearly she has no imagination. Or maybe she has too much. Because the [...]

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Oh My! I love it when food does that to you. Sneaks up on you and does something unexpected. Like a new dress that looks deceptively simple on the hanger, but once donned, reveals the hand of a master in its exquisite cut and the way it brings out all your best features, flatters [...]

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