Tag: holidayparty
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Clementine Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s Cake)
While I am Greek by birth, I didn’t grow up with any knowledge of my heritage. When I connected with my roots in my late teens this cake was one of the first homemade things I tried. Vasilopita ( St. Basil’s Pie), is a Cake or bread traditionally served on New Years Day in Greece…
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Mushroom Arancini
If you’ve never tried or even heard of arancini, you need to rectify that situation. A glorious ball of flavourful rice with a filling of meat and or cheese, that is breaded and fried and fully credited to the Sicilians. Arancini means little oranges which no doubt come from their golden colour outside and the…
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Non-toxic Silver Polish Method
I have tons of silver pieces. Inherited, gifted and thrifted pieces that are all so beautiful. We all have them and most of us never use them. I usually look at the tarnish and shove them back in the cabinet because the work and the toxic polishing chemicals needed to get them looking gorgeous again…
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Panettone Chocolate Bread Pudding
I think bread pudding is one of my favourite things on earth. I love it sweet and I love it savoury. The cool thing about it is it can pretty much be made with any bread or anything bread like. Croissants, sourdough, brioche and even banana bread. YES! It makes perfect sense that dense and…
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Winter Cheese Board
Every holiday soirée needs a fabulous cheese board as the centrepiece of the party food table. No matter what the time of year it is, I love to create an interesting cheese scape choosing complimentary accompaniments that are seasonal, colourful and textural. The Cheese I like to have at least 3-5 selections depending on the…
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