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The Rocky Road To Love!

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:14 +0000

Not everyone loves Valentine’s Day. In fact when I talk to some people about Valentines Day their reaction is to sneer at it and talk about “crass commercialism.” I’m not sure what to answer to that because of course it is quite true and I can only offer “But this is a day to eat more chocolate! [...]

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Easy Eggnog Fudge

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:00:56 +0000

My family were rather strange eaters when we were growing up. My father wanted nothing more and nothing less than Cantonese food whereas the rest of my family and I craved other things. We’d watch ads on television where families sat down to roast dinners and vegetables and wistfully gaze at the images of families [...]

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Banoffee Banana Split

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:00:08 +0000

I was shopping a few months ago and suddenly hungry (you see why I fear running out of food? ) picked up a chicken burger from a burger chain restaurant. I paid for my burger and stepped off to the side and waited. They called me over when it was ready and Mr NQN sat [...]

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Macadamia & Fruit Lunchbox Slice

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:00:36 +0000

Every day for work I pack Mr NQN a lunch to take with him. Occasionally I will fill a bag with things that he can share with his colleagues although these have to be easily transportable as he rides a bike to work. Mindful that I used to overfeed the fish and cat (and I think they [...]

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Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Jelly Beans from Harry Potter

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:00:55 +0000

I used to work for a man who didn’t mind when I called him Voldemort, Harry Potter’s dark lord of evil. That kind of gives you an indication of how strange and twisted he was. Having said that, he wasn’t 100% awful, he definitely had moments of being kind and nice but mostly, and until [...]

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Swirly Povitica Roll – Daring Bakers October 2011

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:00:40 +0000

I was always hopeless at Maths at school. I looked at it like some sort of strange wizardry and my teachers used to be frustrated at how I just could not wrap my head around things as simple as calculus and I kept wondering why they would try to make me do something that seems [...]

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NQN’s Hellish Halloween Party!

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:00:29 +0000

So there I was, waiting for a batch of blood for my annual Halloween party. Not the human kind mind you, but nevertheless a batch of blood. The only problem? It was about to arrive when I was going to have a meeting with my book publishers at Penguin to discuss publicity for my upcoming book. “What [...]

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Rat Plague Brownie Bites!

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:00:01 +0000

I was standing in my kitchen basking in a wonderful mood. Sadly for those around me (the plants) I was singing off key and trilling as if I didn’t have a care in the world. “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” I sang. And then a packet of dried red lentils, without any [...]

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Fresh Raspberry Marshmallows

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:00:56 +0000

“Eating your crusts makes your hair curly” an eight year old friend whispered to us assuredly while gingerly pulling off the crust from her sandwich. She had curlier than curly hair and was making every effort to straighten her hair. We were in primary school and passing on important tidbits of information. My other friend [...]

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Easy Chocolate Bark Bouquet For Father’s Day

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:00:43 +0000

August seems to be a month of lateness. No matter how much I try I can’t seem to gain any traction and I find myself constantly apologising to people for being late, for handing in things late, for getting back to people late or turning up to dinner late. The first words that tumble out [...]

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