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Moroccan coconut cake

February 9, 2011 Food & drink

I made a curry a while ago that called for a couple of tablespoons of dessicated coconut. As you can’t buy just a couple of tablespoons of dessicated coconut, the rest of the massive, opened packet has sat in the cupboard ever since, waiting to be thrown out in the next Great Clear Out, sometime [...]

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How to make a Scotch egg that’s a cut above the rest

August 30, 2010 Food & drink

I don’t think I’d be doing the humble Scotch egg an injustice to suggest that it’s got a bad reputation. The true horror of the mass produced Scotch egg, mainstay of the wet British picnic, can be found in any supermarket in the land. Dull, grey, under seasoned meat hugging an overcooked egg, the whole [...]

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The Troubadour, Earl’s Court, London

May 1, 2009 Eating out

Eating breakfast in a hotel is a tedious, expensive and predictable business, to be avoided whenever possible. I discovered The Troubadour about a decade ago whilst wandering round trying to avoid just this problem, and I’ve been back there every now and again ever since. Opened in 1954, The Troubadour is the last remaining of [...]

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The mysterious Eggs Benedict

March 23, 2009 Food & drink

There are plenty of myths and fables about the invention of Eggs Benedict, which seems a little odd, because the combination of a poached egg on a muffin with bacon and a sauce made out of butter seems fairly obvious. You don’t need to try it to know that it’s going to be delicious. The [...]