Monthly Archives: December 2009

Candy Cane

It is possible to have lived a quarter of a century in a western country having never tasted a candy cane.
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Slow Roasted Vegetable Ravioli

One flavour of supermarket ravioli tastes much like all the others.
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Yellow Cucumber

The mystery vegetable... is it a squash, a zucchini or a cucumber?
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Vegetable Pasty

Off The General drives off, leaving us outside the train station and some shops. We pick up our bags and start walking. We’re both damp from standing in the rain for more than an hour following a car accident. The car’s been towed, there’s no train for another half hour, I’m starving and I desperately need [...]
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James Squire Golden Ale

Amount of beer consumed this decade: 50ml.
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Gingerbread House

Hansel and Gretel will have to eat themselves out of this house.
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Vegan Custard

We need custard but have no milk or eggs: time for a Christmas miracle!
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Cauliflower Pakora

Yet another high-calorie cauliflower dish. Poor, fat-drenched, cauliflower.
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White Peach and Lavender Gelato

The first flavour of ice cream that I would rather throw away than finish.
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Turkish Delight Ice Cream Bar

The fad to turn everything into an ice cream flavour continues.
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