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    Christmas cooking

    in Food, Cooking & Recipes

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    well this will be my first christmas in my new flat and even though there will only be the three of us i would love to make some extra special treats. i have christmas lunch sorted but would love some recipes for some buffet type snacks or smaller meals around the holidays. can anyboby help?

    can anybody help me?

    in Food, Cooking & Recipes

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    ooh the more difficult the better, i like a good challenge! i must admit though i do prefer cookbooks that arent just recipe books but have lots of talk in them too. something wherer they talk you through the principles behind the food would be amazing:D

     

    we do get the barefoot contessa on uk food, i think she is pretty fantastic. oh and american iron chef is awesome!

    Hi everybody

    in Introductions

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    to be honest i have yet to read mansfield park (and sense and sensibility) but im going through a bit of an austen crush at the mo so ill let you know when ive finished them:smile2:whereabouts in gateshead are you? im from jarrow xxx

    Hi everybody

    in Introductions

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    hi sorry for late reply. im starting approaching literature next february and im pretty excited about it. i did creative writing this year and i really hated it so im looking forward to getting back to what i enjoy! the only thing im not especially happy with is the number of lit courses. i dont particularly want to do shakespeare because of the residential school so it looks like i might have to do another non-litereture course....

    nigella express

    in Food, Cooking & Recipes

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    yes feast is divided into sections, although i must admit when im reading it i very rarely make it past the christmas section:Dhas anybody tried her festive ham recipe?

     

    by the way i think nigella's making chocolate mousse on her show tonight so chocoholics stayed tuned! xxx

    Hi everybody

    in Introductions

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    well i have to admit i found great expectations fairly hard going so i think ill give that one another whirl in a month or two.

     

    pride and prejudice was spectacular; i read three othar jane austen novels just after pride and prejudice (northanger abbey, persuasion, and emma) and although i enjoyed them it really elevated P&P in my esteem...everything was just a little bit better in this novel:the dialogue, the pace, it wasn't claustrophobic like emma.and of course elizabeth bennett is wonderful...surprisingly modern and witty and by far the most spirited austen creation.

    nigella express

    in Food, Cooking & Recipes

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    me too, i especially loved her crimbo programmes last december. i hope they repeat them again this year. i suppose ill be waiting in vain wishing for a christmas-only cookbook from nigella... it would be good tho! im determined to try her festive ham recipe when i get the chance

    The Modern Classics Challenge

    in Classics Club

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    ooh i like the burgess/kesey classic idea... i guess all the beatnik writers would count in that case. defintely naked lunch by william s. burroughs (needs a few readings to fully appreciate i think) and on the road by jack kerouac. but then again i think its a very personal thing, for example i found memnoch the devil so much more profound than interview with a vampire. so i guess the fame of a book must count, or at leastits status as a cult-classic. is 1984 (george orwell) too prosaic...? :smile2:

    Hi everybody

    in Introductions

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    thank you all so much! ive been on a coupla forums so far but this one is so friendly:D its pretty hard having friends and family who dont read...

     

    hi echo, im due to start the romantics in feburary. im almost finished this years course (im doing open university) i have been doing creative writing and i loathed it...! im definitely a better reader than writer. but im really excited about next year cos ive just recieved my reading list:

     

    pride and prejudice - jane austen

    woman in white - wilkie collins

    frankenstein - mary shelly

    hard times - charles dickens

    the color purple - alice walker

    othello, king henry v, as you like it - shakespeare

    father and sons (insert russian name here!)

     

    i cant wait to get stuck in

    Hi everybody

    in Introductions

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    just thought id introduce myself properly :) from what ive read so far it seems like a lovely, friendly place :smile2:) im into all kinds of book really, most pop. fiction, thrillers, horrors, mysteries, romance, biogs, anything thats really funny, informative or classic (im in the middle of a literature degree at the moment so i get to read all kinds of things i havent heard of before and i just love getting recommendations from new people....hint hint!!) oh and i know it sounds strange but theres nothing i like more than curling up in bed with a good cookbook. nigella and tessa kiros are particularly comforting.

     

    i really hope i get to chat with more of you soon xxx

    Favourite books from childhood?

    in Children's / Young Adult

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    hy everyone, im brand new :smile2: im pretty stunned that i didnt find out about this site sooner as im a book addict but i thought id say hi ('hi') and get to know a few people on here. and what better way than being nosy?

     

    id have to say mine was enid blyton's mallory towers series... i cant tell you how jealous i was of those girls and their midnight feasts, ginger beer and parentless train journeys!

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