Two years on…celebrating with coffee and chocolate ice cream tart

Today Hot & Chilli is 2 years old and to celebrate I made a desert using one of Brazil most important commodities, coffee and one of my favourite food, ice cream.  Coffee has great commercial…

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Hibiscus flower in syrup and tea

It’s quite hard to find fresh hibiscus flower in London so I was delighted to find some at Brixton Village last weekend. They are also known as sorrel and according to the market sellers, the…

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Butchery Masterclass and Recipe for Steaks in Coffee Sauce

Last week I was delighted to attend another butchery masterclass by EBLEX at  L’Atelier des Chefs. The evening was a lesson in butchery and steak tasting by the expert Master Butchers Dick Van Leeuwan, Martin…

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Pastel de Nata and Pumpkin Meringue Pie

Pastel de Nata While browsing The London Foodie‘s very extensive cookery book library, I found a Portuguese recipe book by David Leite, an American Portuguese food writer. I devoured every simple page of it when…

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African food and Rainbow Tours

Back in September I was invited together with other very friendly food bloggers for an evening of demo, cooking and tasting African food from Madagascar and Tanzania. This event took place in Hoxton at Open…

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