Spiced poached pear with cardamon cream

  I never been a great fan of pears, I don’t know why. I eat them but I don’t go out of my way to buy them. Last week after a long day working and…

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Plateau and Scotch beef feast experience

I was pleasantly surprised to be invited once again to dine with Laurent Vernet from QMS at Plateau in Canary Wharf London. I first met Laurent Vernet March last year at the Guinea Grill, for…

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Afternoon Tea at The Intercontinental Westminster

NO LONGER INTERCONTINENTAL – It’s been a while since I went out for a proper English afternoon tea and since I hadn’t been to the new, well it’s now five months old, Intercontimental Westminster, I…

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Orange meringue pie

  Brazil is responsible for at least 50% of orange production in the world market. São Paulo state, where I come from,  alone produce a total of 79% of all orange production in the country,…

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roasted cod with wild garlic

Wild garlic is also known as ramsons, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leak or bear’s garlic is a wild relative of chives and a member of  the lily family which can cause mistakes in…

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