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Chicken with Preserved Lemon and Olives; it won’t be me…

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The voting is in; the people have made their wishes known. FoodBuzz’s Project Food Blog Challenge #1 is over. And I didn’t make the cut. Which comes as no surprise. I didn’t spend the last 3 days tweeting or blogging for votes.  (Not my style.) I realized, when I wrote my post, that it was likely not to win. I’d written another earlier, nice one, talking about my love of … Continue reading →

Dancing with the Green Fairy

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Are you ready to 'Dance with the Green Fairy'? Do you even know the Green Fairy? I have to admit, I didn't.  Oh, I'd seen the paintings. I knew about 'the absinthe drinkers'; those degenerate artists who sat around the cafes in Paris, tippling some green concoction that inspired them to new heights of creativity. I knew it had been banned. That's the sum of my knowledge… Very little actually. … Continue reading →