Strawberry tart

Another outing to the Horticultural Society Show and a World Cup dinner

On July 15, 2014 by battenburgbelle

This weekend was the summer show at the Muswell Hill and District Horticultural Society. At this time of year it’s mostly about the vegetables and flowers, so there are only a few cooking categories. Jenny...

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Spring tabbouleh

The Naughty Habits Strolling Supper Club

On June 14, 2014 by battenburgbelle

Last night was a very special gathering of the supper club. My delightful friend Davie is raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society with his wonderful Seven Songs project. We raised £370 for the...

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Damn fine cherry pie

A bit of seasonal cooking for half term

On May 31, 2014 by battenburgbelle

School holidays always seem to have a detrimental effect on my adventures in the kitchen (in terms of time rather than quality usually), but I did spot some cherries in the greengrocers on...

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Onion tarts

A quick picnic while the sun shone briefly

On May 21, 2014 by battenburgbelle

 If you blinked you may have missed it, but summer was here for a couple of days and this time it coincided with the Crouch End Fun Run (I did it once –...

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Coconut macaroons

Treats for the folks in the office

On May 16, 2014 by battenburgbelle

Another online shopping mishap meant that I had an unfeasibly large amount of desiccated coconut to deal with. I remembered that in the El Bulli book I have talked about before, there was a...

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