Monthly Archives: November 2011
Sharky Oven Gloves turns one!
Today is an exciting day, because it’s my Blog Birthday! (Blogirthday? Blorthday? Blirthday? Who knows…) One year ago today, I posted my very first post. A very short one, which was clearly not a sign of things to come, since … Continue reading
Filed under Ramblings
Manly moustachioed Movember cupcakes
As you may know, last month was Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a disease that I feel that most people (in the developed world) are now aware of (though whether they do anything about it is another matter entirely). Whilst … Continue reading
Filed under Recipes, Sweet Foods
A big toothy sharky grin for 100 posts!
I can’t quite believe that this is my 100th post. I can’t quite believe that I’ve published 99 rambling stories, recipes and anecdotes, and that people have actually been reading them. I find that amazing. To celebrate my 100th post, … Continue reading
Random Recipe #10: Celeriac soup
Here in the Northern hemisphere, it’s definitely soup season. So it’s very apt that for this month’s Random Recipe challenge, Dom has teemed up with Jac from Tinned Tomatoes who runs the No Croutons Required blog challenge, which involves sharing a vegetarian soup or … Continue reading
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Ask, and you shall receive…
Even though I’ve been blogging for nearly a year now, I still find the whole concept a little odd. Well, not odd exactly, but… I can’t really think of a better word (and my thesaurus hasn’t come to my rescue). … Continue reading
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Toothy’s Travels – St Andrews: St Rule’s Tower
I briefly mentioned in my last post that I spent Friday and Saturday in St Andrews, which was my first trip back since the start of the academic year (the trip involving Kat’s killer whale birthday cake was still during the … Continue reading
Filed under Travel
Pumpkin & cream cheese muffins
It’s been a couple of months since I’ve taken part in the Breakfast Club blog challenge. There’s no particular reason for this – I can hardly say that I’ve been too busy, and I’ve certainly not stopped eating breakfast or anything ridiculous … Continue reading
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Gunpowder, treason and plot… And chocolate toffee apples
Chele form Chocolate Teapot has chosen “apple” as the special ingredient for this month’s We Should Cocoa challenge. On reading the challenge, I must admit that I was not convinced by the apple-chocolate combination. I just couldn’t taste it in my … Continue reading
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Roast figs with honey & goat’s cheese
My mum is currently on holiday, which means that I’ve been left to fend for myself for two weeks. I managed to fend for myself, feed myself, and generally survive during my four years of university, so this isn’t exactly … Continue reading
Filed under Recipes, Savoury Foods
