Monthly Archives: November 2010

Swedish Lapland: Indigenous Sámi Souvas (that’s reindeer to you and I)

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

It’s icy out there, bitterly cold and the grass is now a shade of mint green, each blade with it’s little frosty jacket. I do wonder what it must be like in Lapland. Definitely, much worse than this. When I … Continue reading →

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‘New Nordic’ Danish Yule with Trina Hahnemann

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Trina Hahnemann is surfing the crest of our current Nordic food obsession with her wonderful books, The Scandinavian Cookbook and The Nordic Diet. I recently had the pleasure of meeting her, and she is even more inspring in real life … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Balsamic & Thyme Duck with Aubergine & Tomato Mograbiah

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

I love a bit of urban foraging. Turning a corner and seeing rosehips, blackberries, wild garlic, the random edibles that grow in random places. This summer I even found a wild apple tree in the hedgerow at the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipe, Winter Warmer | 8 Comments

Recipes from the Archives: Some Top Winter Warmers

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

November is a lovely month to spend indoors, cooking for friends and family around a roaring fire, mulling some wine or gin or confecting some hot port. Those weeks leading to Christmas demand a certain prudence in advance of silly … Continue reading →

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Supper Club: Shed Likes Food

Posted on November 20, 2010 by

Shed Likes Food is good, it’s very good. Quirky and petite, not unlike host Nicola, it’s a warm, intimate and charming supper club based in Newington Green. They’re definitely not in it for the money, charging only the cost of … Continue reading →

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