A post long overdue...

Flashbacks of UK!!

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Al, Sari and I enjoying lunch at Tas, London


Streets of London....


Waterloo Bridge


Afternoon tea at Ritz Carlton


St. Paul's Cathedral


Sculptures on St. paul's Cathedral

Cambridge and North....

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Apple Walnut Quick Bread

It's still beautiful around here in NYC although the days have become ridiculously short, creating too many logistical issues for blog photography... I still don't have the night shoot set up. I guess I should.. For Christmas perhaps? {wink wink ..if someone is reading.....}

You may have noticed that there hasn't been too much activity from me for a chunk of this year. Mostly because, I have not been cooking a whole lot... I blame it on a lovely summer we had and the urge to make the most of it with friends ... Outside! :)

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sometimes...

You don't want to talk.. can't talk... sore throat.. writer's block....... want to get away from it all

but then... there is always food...

Hake en Papillote with White Wine Sauteed Chanterelles



My favorite mushrooms - Chanterelles



Baby Polipetti



White Gazpacho and Sugar Spiced Octopus

Sardine Pâté

If there is one fish that I stayed clear away from, growing up,... it was Sardines. For one, mum always fed them to my cats, so I looked at these slender fish as just catfood. And for another, English idioms always lended an air of banal to them. No, not that I am snooty at all....! ;)



These days, being in the US and exposed to many visually stimulating creations on the blogosphere and cookbooks, I have rather warmed up to them. It, of course, helps to find some really fresh specimens that lure you with their haute, just-caught looks.

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