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Paris food porn

Posted in French food, General, Travel, ingredients, tagged , , , , , , , on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Ok, so I do know that it’s not really in the remit of this blog to keep posting about foreign food experiences (we are 54 food miles) but I just had to say something about my trip to Paris.
Predictably, the trip pretty much centered around food (well why on earth wouldn’t it?) and it was [...]

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Black Pudding Heaven

Posted in General, Local food, Recipes, ingredients, markets, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »

It’s a contentious issue, but I happen to think that black pudding is blooming lovely – and not just for breakfast. I recently went to a small, independent black pudding producer in Lancashire to see how it’s made and met a man who knows more about black pudding than most (although these guys seem to [...]

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Ice-cream for lunch: a mid-week winter day floating in London

Posted in General, london, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Last week was my birthday and I took the day off to have a trip to London that was full of indulgent, wintery things…
Lunch was ice-cream sundae, in Fortnum & Mason. Two spoons, one nutty caramel sundae, eaten at the bar on high stools.
 
They even bring you a mini-appetiser before your ice-cream: a tiny ice-cream [...]

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Cooking Christmas dinner for 18 people

Posted in General, Recipes, Special events, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »

This weekend, I did something I never thought I’d do. I cooked Christmas dinner for 18 people. I’m not going to lie to you – I got a lot of help (namely from co-head chef Rachel Defriez), we did chicken instead of turkey and I didn’t have to touch a potato peeler – but for [...]

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Blogging on the breadline…

Posted in General, tagged , , , , , on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Well… not quite, or at all to be honest. But when assessing the monthly bills I noticed a few things … a lot of my money dribbles away on the odd meal here, the odd drink there, all of which quickly adds up. So, my new plan is to really enjoy the times I do [...]

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The Blog – what’s it about?

Posted in General, tagged , , , , , on October 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This is the beginnings of a blog by Rosie and Jude, on our food: eating, cooking and maybe a little random content. London to Brighton is 54 miles, hence the title. I live in Brighton. Rosie lives in London. These are our diaries of food in London, in Brighton, London to Brighton, and wherever else [...]

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