I’m a banana fan and I am an ice cream fan — though Mom’s recent obsession with sorbet (on which more later) has me thinking lighter these days about cool, creamy desserts. But I digress. Bananas. When I saw this post on The Kitchn (no that isn’t a typo) that bananas were the one ingredient [...]

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Well, it’s July 31 and I’m sure you all know what that means. Yes, it’s National Raspberry Cake Day. I admit that it gave me momentary pause. Not that I don’t love raspberries ’cause I do. In fact, I am heading off to Connecticut tomorrow where wild raspberries grow in abundance around the house – [...]

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I say “off the cuff”, because I quite pretty much had to make this one up as I went along. I’d never made it before- and to be honest had never really intended to- but my sister informed me on the phone today that she had fallen foul of Online Shopping, and had been the [...]

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It’s a funny thing; I loathe licorice.  Just cannot abide the stuff. But I quite like similar flavours, as long as they’re herbal in origin. Perhaps it’s just down to my tastes maturing as I, well, mature, but I’ve become a huge fan of fennel as a seed, a herb, and the bulb itself.  And [...]

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I know, I know.  I’ve previously posted a recipe for Orange sauce for duck or lamb, but of late I’ve discovered a much quicker and easier way of cooking a duck breast fillet that almost makes the sauce itself.  It came about because I’d finally emerged from a period of relative penury and wanted to [...]

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