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Chocolate Enthusiast Fred Ponnavoy’s Festive Hot Chocolate Recipe

Eliza — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:59:01 +0000

Hot Chocolate is one of my favourite evening drinks during the winter months but, up until recently, I have not found a single recipe which could match the Spanish hot chocolate traditionally served here to accompany churros. As I said that was until recently – and this all changed when I received word of Chocolate [...]

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True Blood Menu: Mulled Wine & Sangria… its RED!

Eliza — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:42:14 +0000

Although traditionally served at Christmas and during cold weather I firmly believe Mulled Wine has the glorious red colour you would want at a True Blood party… as well have having a warmth from the spices added. I know Talbot is rather fond of Tangerine in his blood and, so, I chose to put together [...]

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True Blood: Vampire Drinks

Eliza — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:00:57 +0000

I never thought I would get to the stage of True Blood obsession where I would start to contemplate how we could make the synthetic drink which nearly all vampires in the show pretend to live on but, effectively, dont! The most exciting discovery in this quest revealed my my home country, England, actually churns [...]

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True Blood Menu: Sparkling Blood aka Strawberry Champagne

Eliza — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:43:21 +0000

Its day three of our celebration of all things True Blood and today we are once again returning to our Talbot inspired menu – remember the Sparkling blood with a hint of tangerine? Created from the humans who had eaten nothing but tangerines for two weeks before harvesting! Well, we arent suggesting any of that… [...]

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Red Wine in cooking

Eliza — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:30:20 +0000

“If you cant drink it, dont cook with it” As a well seasoned foodie I often hear people state they use cheap wines for cooking. But, truth be told, this is not my personal mantra. For me, there is little point in cooking with a wine which is, by all accounts, totally undrinkable. A poor [...]

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How do you take your coffee?

Eliza — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:41:40 +0000

I adore coffee. It is one of my favourite tipples and I find it a great pick-me-up when dealing with the heat of Southern Spain. Generally speaking I like a nice simple Café Solo with just enough sugar to take the edge off (not too much!). But I have another craving around mid morning which [...]

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Sangria

Eliza — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:22:58 +0000

I have been enjoying exploring Spanish cuisine so much of late that I thought I would give you alcoholics a little treat today – my recipe [stolen from many many people] for Sangria. There are actually many variations of this recipe, which vary in fruit, type and quantity of alcohol or soda. Whichever one you [...]

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