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Goat cheese and kale quiche (or real men don’...

Real men don’t always eat quiche out of choice. Quiche doesn’t quite fit the category of ‘boy food’. I’m not sure if it’s the gentle crumble of the crust, or the slight wobble of the eggy centre- But there is something quite estrogen tainted about a piece of quiche and a side salad. Sadly, in […]

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Almond croissant and raspberry puddings

“Almonds are loaded with magnesium which is an essential mineral for growing hair.” (Or so google tells me). Croissants are loaded with butter, which is essential for gilding a happy place. There are many reasons why I made raspberry bread and butter puddings from almond croissants. Chief among them is a bad haircut. It started […]

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How do you like them apples

At 3pm on work days ‘Apple time’ descends. It goes something like this; an organic apple is taken by the stash maintained by the fifth floor’s resident den mother. It’s cut into pieces and shared around. For a few minutes we lift our heads up from issue briefs, media releases and the delights of taking […]