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Article: Going Green

I Love St Patrick's Day. This love affair is somewhat strange seeing that I don't have a drop of Irish blood running through my veins and can really live without drinking copious amount of Guinness from noon till night. I think my love affair harks back to my obsession with the colour green and the one day a year that it is acceptable (in some people eye's) to turn food stuffs glorious shades of emerald. My finest greenification of food was a St Patrick's Day brunch back in my Kansas City days. Egged on by my best friend's love of being Irish, Jen and I hosted a day long fete of all things Irish. I was in charge of the food. We served green bagels topped with salmon and capers, green tortilla...

Article: Citrus Steamed Puddings

All hail mother nature! Today, for the second day running, London has seen it's first glimpse of proper spring. I can hear birds chirping, the faint buzz from lawns being mowed and I bet that fruit bearing trees are beginning to bud. Yes people, spring is on it's way! It's not all jubilation, there still a while for the great British fruit season to come into season. There is one saviour of this winter into spring time lull in fruit desserts, namely the citrus desserts. I've fallen in love with this citrus steamed pudding. I've given it a rather generic title of citrus because there is not a citrus fruit that does not shine in this dessert. I've tried it with lemons, I've tried it with limes, sampled it with satsumas...

Article: Lime & Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Did you know that the pound cake was so named because some of the early recipes required a pound each of flour, butter, sugar and eggs. The recipe originated in the 1700's in good ole England. The original recipe called for no leavening, just the air incorporated by the countless stokes of the whisk. In the days when many people couldn't read, this simple method made it simple to remember the recipe. Being such an easy recipe to remember; I had to try it myself. So I opted to make a 'Half Pound Cake' using the same principal of the pound cake. First beat the half a pound butter to soften. Then beat in half a pound of sugar till light and fluffy. Incorporate half a...