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Goodbye, Chocolate Notes. Goodbye, Norwich. Goodbye, England.
I push open the door to Chocolate Notes and make a deliberate effort to take in the white floor with the swirly scores, the dark wooden tables and chairs, the shelving packed with CDs. Fiamma and Jan give me a … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, chocolate notes, creative writing, food, katherine gregor, nice, norwich, recipes, scribe doll, travel
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FEASTS & FANCIES @ CHOCOLATE NOTES
Of Writers and Rice I push open the door of Chocolate Notes and do a double take. Two well-known, award-winning writers – one of whom I’ve met before – are sitting at one of the large corner tables. After a moment … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate notes, food, katia gregor, recipes, scribe doll, writing
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FEASTS & FANCIES: HALLOWE’EN @ CHOCOLATE NOTES
At Chocolate Notes, there are no polystyrene cobwebs on the glass front door, no hairy spiders climbing the walls, no plastic bats swinging from the ceiling and no pumpkins with macabre grimaces. Unlike in many other shops and cafés, the … Continue reading
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Tagged food, hallowe'en, katia gregor, scribe doll, squash, writing
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FEASTS & FANCIES: VEGETABLE STOCK
Another thing that never ceases to surprise me in England is the amount of processed food consumed. I remember that it struck me even when I first arrived here, nearly forty years ago. In most homes, the world-famous English custard … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking from scratch, food, katia gregor, scribe doll, vegetable stock, writing
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Feasts & Fancies: Polenta Cobbler
When I first came to England as a late teenager, in 1984, the biggest culture shock I experienced was undoubtedly the natives’ frugal attitude towards food. It seemed to be perceived as an undeserved luxury rather than a basic right. … Continue reading
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Tagged cobbler, food, hospitality, katherine gregor, katia gregor, mushrooms, pinto beans, polenta, scribe doll, writing
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Odds & Ends: In Praise of Food
I was seven years old and auditioning to be the voice of the Russian commercial for an Italian chocolate spread. The director was desperately trying to drag more enthusiasm out of me. “Do you really, really like this chocolate spread?” … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, cuisine, eating, food, gourmet, katherine gregor, musings, scribe doll
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Words and Civilisation: Coffee Language (Part 2)
For Part 1, please click here. It had been a long day and a late night awaited so, at about five, I ventured into a Central London Starbucks. “Tall, half-shot, wet latte,” I ordered, using the company’s recognised terminology with … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, coffee, food, katherine gregor, life, privacy, scribedoll
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Pet Hates: In Restaurants
No.1 Is everything O.K.? Have you noticed how waiters wait for the exact moment when you have your mouth full, before they ask you that? I often try and cheat them by staging my forkfuls when they are not around … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, food, katherinegregor, napkin, restaurants, scribe doll, scribedoll, waiters
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