Tempura

 Tempura - an enjoyable summer battering   p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Fish and chips is one of the best things when the mood is right, although the batter can cause a food coma to come on rapidly and immediately after consumption. Fritto misto is also one of the best things when in Italy and by the sea.  When...

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Jubilee Week Roundup

Pizza Oven - the beginnings - a delightful dome - reminds me of something in Florence... Devonshire cream tea in Torbay - with ginger scones and all mind! Marcus Wareing's banana bread - made in a jelly mould. Crinkle cut. 100% Forest of Dean wild boar salami. Satisfying. The Silver Spoon chicken with pomegranate (and Italian dried mushrooms). Che libro! Brustengo - another Italian dish, also known as bubble and squeak! It goes...

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Chicken Breasts stuffed with Sun Dried Tomatoes, Olives, Basil & Feta

by Ceri X      It's all quiet on the Keston front this week.  The girls are away for a seaside holiday, so I am on my own which has meant pottering around the house; cooking and generally recovering from the weekend.  Last weekend was spent in the first of many fields of the 2012 season at the lovely Fire in the Mountain festival in Wales.  Whenever I return from a festival; the 4 days of fun, work and generally...

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