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Dog Hill Kitchen

I’ve always been interested in food and cooking especially...

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Nana Tipsy’s Afghan and Cup of Tea

Mother, baker, nurse, cancer survivor, New Zealander, Australian!

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Please Do Not Feed The Animals

I am a part time GP, wife and Mum to two little boys.

What's Cooking in the Kitchen?

Recipe Challenge

Messieurs-Dames: Boeuf Bourguignon!

Daring Cooks
May 2012

Hi, I’m Fabi from fabsfood and this month I’m honored to host the Daring Cook’s challenge. My choice, is the classic Boeuf Bourguignon, it is probably one of the most famous French Cuisine dishes. And among all the possible versions of it, the one I have chosen is Julia Child’s recipe, from her book “Mastering the art of french cooking”. Please pardon me if I say this book is almost a bible. Every time I read it to pick a recipe and follow her directions I feel myself full of respect and devotion for this incredible woman.

Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef Bourguignon in English) was born in Bourgogne (Burgundy), where beef and wine are its most important products. It’s a traditional Sunday’s dish, to share with the family.

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Food Talk

Juicy Non-fiction For Lovers of Food

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Written by Hannah of Rise and Shine.

In film, I love a good off-beat documentary. In books, I tend toward short stories and especially stories highlighting the humors of real life such as those written or edited by Ira Glass and David Sedaris. I am also, officially, obsessed with all things cooking and more recently baking. Which leads me to the goldmine in documentary short stories for foodies: the Best Food Writing series edited by Holly Hughes.

With a keen eye for fascinating topics, clever wit and brilliant writing, Holly has been gathering the best of the best stories and essays from food journals, books, newspapers, blogs and newsletters and compiling them into a roughly 350 page publication since the year 2000. The books are a recent discovery for me. I was hooked in 2010, have since read 2011, and am working my way back to the beginning (currently breezing through 2006).

Product Reviews

Aardvark: A Multi-Purpose Strainer

This product was tested and reviewed by Hannah of Rise and Shine.

This newly patented product was created by a man in Minneapolis, Minnesota (not too far from my home town!) for the purpose of creating the perfect root beer float. In my family, it's always Coke floats (though I wouldn't say we make them often). They say this gadget will solve your "excess foam problem." I can't say I've had this problem, but I have nothing against strainers in general, so the "multi-purpose" aspect of the Aardvark will apply to me more than its patented purpose.

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Cookbook Review

Desserts (1 of 6 in the Hamlyn Quick Cook Series)

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This cookbook was reviewed by Ruth of Makey-Cakey.

This is the first of a six part review series - yep you read that correctly! Imagine my excitement when instead of the one cookbook I was expecting to be sent for review, I discovered I’d been sent all six titles in the Hamlyn Quick Cook series. It certainly made the trip to the delivery office to collect them worthwhile, and explained why they wouldn’t fit through the letter box.

First up is Desserts, but before I get to the recipes, I’d better explain the concept behind the series. The tag line on the front of each book is “Every dish, three ways - you choose! 30 minutes | 20 minutes | 10 minutes” For each recipe there are three options, depending on how much time you have available. They all capture the same concept or flavours, and make use of different ingredients, cooking techniques and short-cuts depending on which you choose. I found it a very well thought out concept - I’ve seen cookbooks before with 10, 20 and 30 minute recipes, but none presenting the same dish three ways.