Tag Archives: culinary pleasures
Sonsie Face
Last night, somewhat early as the bard’s birthday was January 25th, we partook of Sonsie Face. We attended the Burns Supper in our local village hall and savoured what Rabbie Burns, Scotland’s national bard, called – Fair fa’ your honest, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and cook books
Tagged Burns Supper, culinary pleasures, food, haggis, selkirk grace
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The taste, texture and smell of likes and dislikes
Why do we like and dislike certain foods, crave some whilst turning up our noses in disdain at others? Is there a twist in a gene that determines whether we gorge on cheese or refuse to eat fish? OK, maybe … Continue reading
Creamy cream cakes and chewy bread
Bread is the staff of life, so it is said, a staple food to sustain on life’s rollercoaster road. For too many years this staff has been demeaned until little more than a crack-filler that clags up the mouth, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Algarve, bread, cake, culinary pleasures, food, markets, oranges, restaurants, Tallinn, travel
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