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FEASTS & FANCIES @ CHOCOLATE NOTES: Chocolat à l’Orange

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Scribe Doll

It sounds unmistakeably early Franco-Flemish, but as I am nearer the ignorance end of the musical knowledge gamut, I hesitate to hazard a guess that might land me not only in the wrong country, but the wrong century all together.  … Continue reading →

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FEASTS & FANCIES: CHICKEN SOUP WITH SPINACH AND MUSHROOMS

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Scribe Doll

My acupuncturist  takes a quick look at my tongue. “You’ve got a low blood count,” she says.  I smile with admiration: my GP had to draw blood, bruise my arm and have the lab process the sample for a whole … Continue reading →

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FEASTS & FANCIES: OMELETTE à la Gregoryan

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Scribe Doll

In Lasse Hallström’s heartwarming film, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Helen Mirren plays Mme Mallory, a Michelin-star restaurant owner with very definite ideas about what cooking should be.  Before she decides whether or not to employ a new cook, she sets them … Continue reading →

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Feasts & Fancies: Chocolate Notes

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Scribe Doll

One of my favourite haunts is Chocolate Notes.   Norwich, where we live, could possibly be described as the city that always sleeps, in that – unless you resort to a chain (and I prefer independent cafés) – it’s near … Continue reading →

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Feasts & Fancies: Polenta Cobbler

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Scribe Doll

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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Feasts & Fancies: Miscellaneous Potato Rösti

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Scribe Doll

Back in the days when my metabolism could happily burn six meals a day and I indulged in a full English breakfast every Saturday at our local greasy spoon, I would always ask for an extra helping of hash browns.  … Continue reading →

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Feasts & Fancies: The Magic of Bread

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Scribe Doll

If anything makes me believe in magic in the kitchen it is making bread.  The verb make is, of course, somewhat inappropriate in the context of magic, since you are not, alone, in control of the process.  As in any … Continue reading →

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The End of a Blog – and the Beginning of a New One

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Scribe Doll

I started writing this blog, first entitled Londoner’s Musings, then Scribe Doll’s Musings, back in February 2011 because blogs were all the rage, it was Valentine’s Day and I was single with nothing to do, and in order to vent a … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Scribe Doll

The treble has sung.  Christmas has begun.   Once in Royal David’s city… A voice like gold shimmering in the firelight.  The light is draining from the sky.  The sun has withdrawn without pomp.  This is not an evening for … Continue reading →

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The Feast of Saint Catherine

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Scribe Doll

The elderly mother of a close friend sends me nameday good wishes every 25th November, and I thank her for her attentiveness. My mother once told me which Saint Catherine I had been dedicated to at birth, but I have … Continue reading →

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