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Chinese Almond Butter Cookies
I used to wonder if my disinclination to play Lego with my son for more than 5 minutes made me a bad mother. I’m sure it must be fun as a child to build tall Lego towers, knock them down, and start...
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Potato Churros with Red Pepper Sauce
With her talent for introducing tasty twists on popular classics, Rachel Khoo has delivered yet another delicious spin, this time on the classic churros. Churros are traditionally served at breakfast...
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Sour-Cream Chocolate Cake
My son’s birthday is coming up and, within the space of a year, he has suddenly acquired the ability to compose his own birthday wish list, probably a necessary skill in the evolution of a toddler to...
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Dinosaur Cake
This year was the first time my son was really excited about his birthday. And the moment I announced that we would be having a little birthday party for him, he immediately asked for a green dinosaur...
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Lyonnaise Sausage Roll
One of the advantages of reading cookbooks like novels (I’m sure you have heard of many foodies using this phrase) is having a repository of recipes stored in the memory for those many moments when I...
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Cherry Clafoutis
About three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, we head to the farmers’ market near our home to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. I avoid, as much as possible, going to the supermarket with...
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City Guide – San Francisco & Napa Valley
This post on San Francisco and the Napa Valley has been long overdue; it was typed up and ready to be published over a year ago, but the arrival of our baby girl in the interim meant that scrolling...
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Pumpkin Bundt Cake
On a recent visit to the Jucker Farm, a pumpkin patch just outside of Zurich, I treated myself to a slice of their famous pumpkin cake which was topped with lemon icing and pistachios. My husband...
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Manger Workshop with Mimi Thorisson
Earlier this month, I had the delightful opportunity to attend a Manger Workshop hosted by Mimi Thorisson at her home in France. As a long-time follower of her blog, Manger, and an avid cook from her...
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Walnut Cake & Mimi Thorisson Cookbook Giveaway
It is that time of the year again in Switzerland when the Advent is approaching and the children are becoming excited about meeting Sämiclaus (the Swiss version of Santa Claus) on St. Nicholas Day on...
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