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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: BAROQUE PORRIDGE at CHOCOLATE NOTES
My body and mind are having some difficulty adjusting to Norwich after a few days in the south-east of France. My muscles stiffen against the North Sea wind blowing ruthlessly across the Fens and Broads, my skin feels uncomfortably cold … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate notes, Cooking, Handel, humour, katia gregor, porridge, scribe doll, writing
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FEASTS & FANCIES: Equinox at Chocolate Notes
There’s a wind blowing and I can feel its chilly breath on my bare toes as it weasels its way through the gaps in our French windows despite the thick draught excluders. You’re never very far from meteorological elements in … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, chocolate notes, Cooking, katia gregor, scribe doll, writing
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FEASTS & FANCIES: Back to Basic Tomato Sauce
When I am run down emotionally I find preparing food very healing. I choose the word preparing deliberately. Healthy and healing cooking involves preparation. Preparing the ingredients, the utensils, the table. Preparing the dish as a whole. Preparing yourself first … Continue reading
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Tagged food writing, katia gregor, scribe doll, sugo al pomodoro, tomato sauce, writing
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Sinatra and Bennett – soundtracks to a childhood
I was very sad to hear of Tony Bennett’s passing, a couple of weeks ago. The last of the great crooners, I thought. Crosby, Como, Bennett and, of course, Sinatra. I was in Venice when I heard an American tourist … Continue reading
Chocolates Notes is Temporarily Closed
It feels so strange not to have been able to drop into Chocolate Notes these past two weeks. Fiamma is on a mini concert tour, Jan has gone to visit his parents in Antwerp for a few days and Chrystelle, … Continue reading
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FEASTS & FANCIES @ CHOCOLATE NOTES: Chocolat Cocktail à la Menthe
After a difficult week, the feeling of grey heaviness in my heart is immediately dispelled by the opening bars of George Gershwin’s overture to Oh, Kay! J. S. Bach reminds me that the world makes sense and Gershwin makes me … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate cocktail, chocolate notes, katia gregor, norwich, scribe doll, writing
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FEASTS & FANCIES @ CHOCOLATE NOTES: A Yoghurt Dip for Storytellers
A group of us meet at Chocolate Notes* every New Moon to tell a story. When the New Moon happens to be on a Sunday (when the CD shop cum café is closed), we meet on the evening before or … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate notes, Cooking, katia gregor, norwich, scribe doll, storytelling, writing
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FEASTS & FANCIES: Aubergine & Fava Bean Bake
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FEASTS & FANCIES: Of Chocolate and Chestnuts
My mother didn’t particularly care for food. She seldom expressed any joy towards it and made sure I was trained to show no more than polite enthusiasm when praising a dish. One of my early childhood memories is of being … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, chestnuts, Cooking, dark chocolate, humour, katia gregor, scribe doll, writing
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Scribe Doll 