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Going Tuscan for St Valentine’s – Peposo, Cannellini and Spinach

Slow cooking can be very sexy.  Recipes that take a long time to cook and are thus ‘unfussy’ (i.e. do not require constant supervision), present an unassailable advantage:  they leave you plenty of time to pamper yourself and get ready … Continue reading

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Of Popes and Soups – Minestra vegetale

There is no denying that Nimrod has a lot to answer for, oh yes, no question.  If it hadn’t been for him, there would not have been that hubris-inspired Tower of Babel and God wouldn’t have been irritated by this … Continue reading

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