Eat, Drink, & Be Merry

…things that make you go Mmmm!

Lauren’s Rainbow Salad

September 28, 2010
Lauren Fizgiggery Rainbow Salad

I invented this salad over the summer, and, though I say so myself, it’s bloody delicious. Plus, it’s a healthy and filling meal: as someone who hates cooking vegetables, I’ve found it’s a great way to sneak a variety of fruits/ veggies into my diet! Most ingredients can be bought quite cheaply too. The name [...]

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Lauren’s Peasant Carbonara for Two

June 10, 2010
Lauren's Peasant Carbonara for Two

A friend of mine, Sweetie, called just as I was tucking in to a late night supper. She had visions of my eating spaghetti in a cream sauce, and she was right! Today, she asked me for the recipe, and I decided to share it on this blog, too. This recipe is my own, but [...]

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Adventures in Jackson Heights

May 5, 2010
Adventures in Jackson Heights

I spent a lovely afternoon today with my foodie friend, Momsicle, and her baby, K-Pants.  Inspired by a recent Time Out article on food in the Queens neighbourhood of Jackson Heights, we hopped on the E train to sample the local fare on 37th Avenue. Me, obviously salivating at the thought of eating Colombian and [...]

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Found in Translation

February 20, 2010
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I think one of the joys of travel is having the experience of being a foreigner and trying to make ourselves understood. As a native English speaker, I’m fairly successful because my mother tongue is the most widely-spoken in the world – which means I can go almost anywhere and someone, somewhere will probably understand [...]

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The Easiest Chocolate Souffle Recipe Ever!

October 13, 2009

This is the easiest Chocolate Soufflé recipe that I’ve ever come across.  Here’s one I made earlier, decanted into a coffee cup.Ingredients 30g (1 oz) unsalted butter, melted2 tablespoons + 120g (4 oz) granulated sugar150g (5 oz) unsweetened chocolate, chipped, chopped or chunked5 eggs, separated into 5 whites and 3 yolksIcing (confectioner’s) sugar (optional, for dusting)Preheat [...]

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Ginger Martini Recipe

October 8, 2009
Ginger Martini Recipe

Mr. Fizgig can make a drink out of anything. It’s not just that he learned a few tricks in bartending school — which, of course, helps — but that he has a gift for making fabulous cocktails. He can even make a dry martini to meet my grandmother’s approval, and she’s quite particular… It’s rather [...]

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Fruit Cake Recipe

October 3, 2009
Fruit Cake

My mother dispenses rather unusual yet excellent advice.  She once told me “Never learn how to bake”.  I consider myself a competent cook but I am a lousy baker, probably because of this advice. However, I do want to share this relatively healthy and oh-so-delicious fruit cake recipe with you.  After all, despite my patissière [...]

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Highline Park, followed by tapas at Tia Pol

August 28, 2009
Fire hydrant near Highline Park

The Highline Park in the Meatpacking District is the ultimate upcycled project. It used to be a set of railroad tracks for freight trains, which, in 1934, were raised thirty feet above ground to minimise street-level collisions. No trains have been running on those tracks since 1980, and it was eventually decided to preserve …

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One Pot Cooking: Roast Chicken

August 23, 2009

Andalucía, Spain’s largest and most southern region, is one of the main places I grew up. My English mother and Belgian step-father live in a typical white Spanish village, whose surrounding hills are abloom with all sorts of flora, including wild thyme.When I lived in London, I could bring some home with me, wrapped …

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I Heart Frozen Yoghurt

August 1, 2009
I Heart Frozen Yoghurt

I am proud to say that I have visited all 5 boroughs (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island) of New York City over the past month, which is something of a rarity for probably quite a lot of people, especially given that Staten Island is accessible via car, express bus or ferry – but [...]

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