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Mediocre marmalade and some handy ratios2 comments

Jennifer Raffle wrote 4 weeks ago: Oh dear. I’ve been silent on the subject of the World Marmalade Awards at Dalemain this year w … more →

Tags: Competitive Cookery, Marmalade, Dalemain marmalade competition, Seville Orange, dalemain, world marmalade awards, Preserving

Honours even: world marmalade awards 20122 comments

Jennifer Raffle wrote 1 year ago: Once again, the World Marmalade Awards held at Dalemain in Cumbria brightened up those last days of … more →

Tags: Competitive Cookery, Recipes, dalemain, Dan Lepard, Ivan Day, Marmalade, . Seville Oranges, world marmalade awards

Good things from Borrowdale

Jennifer Raffle wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps the only good thing about having the kitchen redecorated is that we’re forced to get o … more →

Tags: Producers, Recipes, Shops real and virtual, Biscuits, Borrowdale recipes, Lake District recipes, teabread

Silver medal Seville orange marmalade 2011

Jennifer Raffle wrote 2 years ago: I posted recently about my silver medal winning marmalade at the World Marmalade Awards at Dalemain … more →

Tags: Recipes, Competitive Cookery, Marmalade, Dalemain marmalade competition, . Seville Oranges, dalemain marmalade festival, Seville Orange, dalemain, world marmalade awards

Preserving pans at dawn - return to the Dalemain marmalade competition 2011

Jennifer Raffle wrote 2 years ago: Husband Tim and I decided to go head to head this year and both enter jars of marmalade into the Wor … more →

Tags: Competitive Cookery, Marmalade, Dalemain marmalade competition, . Seville Oranges, dalemain marmalade festival, dalemain, world marmalade awards

Macaroons made in Manchester revisited

Jennifer Raffle wrote 2 years ago: Just had a look at my blog stats for 2010 and apparently had over 12,000 visits last year. That … more →

Tags: macaroons, macaroons, macarons, pistachio macaroons

Meringues like Katy Perry's nipple tassels: lunch at Northcote1 comment

Jennifer Raffle wrote 2 years ago: You know the ones I mean at the end of her fun “California Gurls” pop video feat. Snoop … more →

Tags: restaurant reviews, NW restaurants, Northcote, nigel haworth, Lisa Allen, harold mcgee, Picallili

Review of Da Piero, Irby (Wirral)3 comments

Jennifer Raffle wrote 3 years ago: The arrival of warm spring weather coincided with the Delicious magazine’s Italian issue appea … more →

Tags: restaurant reviews, da piero, italian restaurants, Sicilian restaurants, sicilian food, caponata, salsiccia siciliana

L'Artisan du Chocolat arrives in Manchester

Jennifer Raffle wrote 3 years ago: Just as the chocolate fest which Easter has become is finally over, L’Artisan du Chocolat go a … more →

Tags: Shops real and virtual, l'Artisan du Chocolat, Chocolate, Gerard Coleman

Dalemain marmalade competition 20101 comment

Jennifer Raffle wrote 3 years ago: We wait with bated breath this morning for the results of this year’s “Grand Prix of Mar … more →

Tags: Recipes, Competitive Cookery, Marmalade, Dalemain marmalade competition, . Seville Oranges, dalemain marmalade festival, dalemain, world marmalade awards

Dinner at Michael Caines Restaurant at ABode Manchester2 comments

Jennifer Raffle wrote 3 years ago: Tim and I finally made it to Michael Caines Restaurant at ABode on a wet and windy Wednesday night i … more →

Tags: restaurant reviews, Michael Caines, Abode, manchester restaurants, Ian Matfin

Danger lurks in the woods3 comments

Jennifer Raffle wrote 3 years ago: On the final leg of a Lake District walk along the far side of Buttermere I was delighted to spot th … more →

Tags: Chanterelle, False Chanterelle, Buttermere, Sykes farm


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