July 2007 Archive

July 24, 2007

Brussels Highlights

Let me start this post by declaring my love for the Northern European high-speed train network: Northern European high-speed train network, I love you. Really, can anyone think of anything more enthusing than the fact that London's Borough Market, Amsterdam's rijsttafels, and Strasbourg's flammekueche are just a couple of hours away from Paris, ...

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July 17, 2007

On Meeting Sadaharu Aoki

Let me tell you this: girls aren't what they used to be. Present them with a spiffy British actor who knows how to bake an apple crumble, and they will smile, shake the actor's hand (twice), and walk away with a good story, yes, but their heart unstirred. Allow them to spend half a day with a famous pastry chef, however, and you will get a rathe...

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July 9, 2007

Biscuits Epeautre et Miel

[Spelt and Honey Crisps] There is nothing like a good cookie to celebrate the completion of a big project, and even though this project of mine* is not 100% completed -- I've written the bulk of the manuscript, but I have a few remaining elements to deliver --, cookies were 100% in order. If you are a long standing reader of this blog, and I do...

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July 3, 2007

Salade de Quinoa Rouge, Poivrons et Pignons

[Red Quinoa Salad with Bell Peppers and Pine Nuts] I am just a few days -- three, to be terrifyingly exact -- away from delivering the manuscript for my second book*, and although it is nowhere near as stressful a time as it was for my first (why do I sound like a young mother all of a sudden?), it is still a time of waking up bright and early a...

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