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Amaretto and chocolate torte

December 23, 2009 Food & drink
Amaretto and chocolate torte Gordon Ramsay

At this time of year, I tend to over indulge a little, not too much, but enough to make me think that, yes, I really do need to go to the gym or grind out some miles along the canal bank. This recipe was the start of the Christmas downfall for this year. It’s rich, [...]

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Tarte aux Quetsches, or Plum Tart

September 5, 2009 Food & drink
French Plum Tart

I posted some photos last week from a small café and bookshop in Becherel, France. It was an amazing place, a bookshop with a café attached as a sideline rather than the other way round.  This is the way these things should be. It was how I imagine my bookshop will look and feel if [...]

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