Tag: The Kitchen table
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Summer Berry Cake – La Fantasia
It was the last week of summer, and I wanted to round it up it with a delight and nothing is more delightful than cake. I love cake. To know me is to know most manner of baked goods brings me joy, except custard in tarts. Custard in general I find gross; any kind of…
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Salad for Summer… Groundbreaking
And it really is. One thing about me, I am always going to rebuff a salad unless I absolutely have to and when I go to my sister’s, I have to because they are connoisseurs of good food and salads. I don’t like salads, and you almost have to tie me down and force down…
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The Kitchen Table: Broccoli
Broccoli is the only veggie I will eat for free, everything else is under duress. If you see me eating peas know that I am being blackmailed because peas are the worst vegetable ever grown. I’d eat cabbage before peas, and I don’t even like cabbage and don’t you get me on my feelings about…
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THE SUMMER BERRY CAKE
The taste of summer is fat juicy strawberries that burst in your mouths revealing the sweetness and the faint hint of tart there is no better season than summer for strawberries except of course you are tossing it together in batter enter the summer strawberry cake, one for the ages. I walked into M&S the…
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#7 | FOR THE KITCHEN
Every kitchen must have a good bottle of extra virgin olive oil and short of going to Italy, there is a shop in London that gets you closer to the country without having to jump on a plane. Debraggio in Richmond is such a shop and the second best place for Italian in the county;…
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IRÉ Á KARÌ- OKRO SOUP FOR THE SOUL
Most homes in Lagos back in the day had this saying on the entrance atop the doorway, IRÉ A KARÌ. The longer phrase says Iré á Kári fu’n gbogbo wa. Amin. It loosely translates to; May Good Fortune Be Upon Us All. Amen. This is certainly my prayer for the world now and always. May…
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Moi-Moi | A Taste of Home, A Lesson In Patience
One of the fundamental lessons I learned growing up in Lagos is that patience is a worthwhile trait to have… of all the virtues, patience is the most exhausting yet rewarding- talk about a conundrum. I am yet to master this, I am as impatient as a three year old, and everyday brings new lesson…
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Champagne Truffle Brownies
I promise brownies are not the only things I make, I make other things but I have a sweet tooth so here we are… Brownies are possibly the greatest export from America to the world. Nothing will ever top it when it comes to dessert; it is as basic a recipe as you can get…