Monthly Archives: August 2011
Random Recipe #7: Fig & almond muffins
This month for the Random Recipe challenge, Dom asked us to go “back to basics” and follow the original rules as set out for the very first challenge – randomly choose a cookbook and then randomly choose a recipe from it. … Continue reading
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How NOT to reheat a summer fruits crumble…
We were invited to dinner at my Scottish grandma’s on Sunday, so we offered to bring dessert. You might think we’re lovely people, but actually we just wanted to be sure that at least part of the meal would be … Continue reading
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Gin before lunch. AKA The Foodies Festival Edinburgh 2011
To put it mildly, August in Edinburgh is rather jam-packed. Between the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the International Festival, the Art Festival, the Book Festival and the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, there is an astonishing amount going on in the town. The … Continue reading
Toothy’s Travels – Edinburgh: The Pentland Hills Regional Park
My plan for today had been to share the recipe that I tried out for dinner last night. This plan was thwarted by the dismal failure that came out of the oven. Thankfully it did actually taste lovely, but that … Continue reading
Cocktail in a macaron: White Russian
Although I’m still not really sure where my life is currently going and whether I’ll get a post-grad somewhere and where that will happen to be, almost everybody else seems to have wonderful plans, courses and jobs lined up for after … Continue reading
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Mac Attack #21: Lemon granita with a chocolate macaron crumble
I’m not sure where July has gone, it seems to have just sped by, and somehow it’s already the 1st of August, so I should probably get myself into gear and post my entry for July’s Mac Attack challenge (the deadline was … Continue reading
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