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vegan berries and cream cake, vegan cake
  • Dessert

Berries & Cream Gateaux

  • January 2, 2017
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tomato toast featured
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  • Autumn

Tomatoes on Toast

  • February 28, 2016
plum compote chocolate granola bowl
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  • Breakfast

Chocolate Plum Breakfast Bowl

  • February 24, 2016
plum cheesecake 3 cheese
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  • Dessert

Honey Roasted Plum Cheesecake

  • February 21, 2016
vegan ice cream
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  • Dessert
  • Quick Recipe

Coconut Coco Ice ‘Cream’

  • January 12, 2016
strawberry tart
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  • Dessert

Kumeu Strawberry Tart

  • January 10, 2016
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  • Sunday Supper

December’s Sunday Supper

  • December 13, 2015
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  • Salad

Lemon Lamb Salad

  • November 18, 2015
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  • Breakfast

Sunday Morning Toast

  • November 12, 2015

  • GAST806 – Learning Journal

The Introduction

  • November 1, 2020
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What a year! It first bears to mention that whilst studying global foods and beverages, the globe is mostly inaccessible to us all. Even our own city has at some points been off limits. How…
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Cornish Saffron Buns
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Cornish Saffron Buns

  • November 1, 2020
To quote Ali Wong’s character Sasha in Always be my Maybe (side note: great movie, I would date any of the main characters), who better to introduce saffron than “stupid,…
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English Icecream
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England, Thailand, Iran – 3 Recipes

  • November 1, 2020
I love frozen desserts. I could eat ice-cream for all three meals. It would be part of my last meal. After a class on flavour profiles where we took three ingredients and cooked them in four…
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The Noma Guide to Fermentation

  • November 1, 2020
I puzzled for a long time about how to further my knowledge of fermentation. It wasn’t that the options weren’t out there, more that there were so many options. Should I make…
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Zealong on the Hill
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Zealong Tea Estate

  • November 1, 2020
Each tea Zealong produces is available to smell at the their gift shop, the start of the tour, which is housed in the same building as their processing factory. We start with a sample of the…
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A Rosé Guide

  • November 1, 2020
I wouldn’t call myself a wine drinker. I probably drank too much box wine in my teens. And even though over the last few months I have found a new appreciation for the differences in…
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Visiting Boxer

  • November 1, 2020
It all starts with a text message. Outside of the bar that is, you have to text for entry.  Once admitted you’re ushered into a dark space with two large tables and a long buffet…
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The Cornish Cream Tea – A Timeline

  • November 1, 2020
Let me begin by saying how much I love to bake. From cake to croissants, galette to gateaux, I love it all. If I’m feeling particularly virtuous, I dabble with alternative flours and…
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What happened at Bon Appetit
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Things I’m Trying to do Better

  • November 1, 2020
My food media echo chamber has erupted two times of particular note this year. First, Alison Roman was cancelled for criticising Chrissy Teigen & Marie Kondo, in particular for having…
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The Conclusion

  • November 1, 2020
Let’s first recap each entry in a couple of sentences. Cornish Saffron Buns I intended this entry to focus on saffron’s journey to the southwest of England through the tin trade.…
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