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Spring

Chocolate Raspberry Ice Box Cake

Ice Box Cakes were something I’d read about in American food magazines for years without really understanding what they were. Since you don’t bake them – hello ice box! –

Sides

Gluten Free Stuffed Peppers

One of the worst/best things about cottaging is all the cooking one has to do. On the one hand it is a never ending production line, on the other hand,

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Corn and Black Bean Cous cous

Two things happen in my head when August hits. The first thing I do is to immediately start counting down how many weeks/days there are left to summer. The second

Spring

Corn Succotash

It’s simply impossible to look at, eat or even discuss succotash – the classic Southern vegetable dish – without someone invoking Sylvester the Cat’s famous line: “Sufferin’ Succotash!” So, let’s

Vegetables

Lisa’s Letters Home: Beach Lunches

Oh, I Do Like to Eat Beside the Seaside! We’re on the Isle of Wight enjoying lots of sightseeing, food, beaches, food, parks, and a bit more food. We always

Spring

Peaches and Cream Muffins

I’m on a break with Facebook. I know. How could I survive? But I’m just so tired of trying to keep up with their ever-evolving practices. Don’t get me wrong.

Picnics & BBQs

Lisa’s Letters Home: Throw a Pizza on the Barbie!

Our BBQ has been our good friend lately. It’s been far too hot to turn on the oven or cook anything on the stovetop, so we’ve been firing up the

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Gluten Free Black Bean and Corn Salsa

It’s hot out there. Like really really hot. The kind of hot that makes you want to lie down with a cold drink and breathe quietly in the dark. But

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Fried Egg Sandwich with Avocado Basil Spread

I have a small addiction to Pinterest. It’s nothing too serious like my celebrity gossip rag habit or my newly developed dependence to Instagram but, none the less, it’s there

Fall

Lisa’s Letters Home: Chocolate Marshmallow Mousse

Someone must have finally remembered to pay our summer bill because it’s hot! And I don’t mean 16C and everyone gets overexcited and digs out their flipflops hot, I mean