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Travel to Scotland?

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I just discovered your blog. How uplifting! Thank you! I came across your blog from Ireland. I am of Irish/Scottish decent. Have you been to Scotland? If so, do share. I’ve visited Scotland and I love it more than almost anyplace I’ve ever been. The Highlands are magnificent, and while I don’t know exactly how much Scottish ancestry I possess, it felt like home.  There’s such strength of character in the Scottish soul, and the subtle and understated sense of […]

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Lemon Tarts
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Lewis Carroll’s Birthday Lemon Tarts

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We’ve reached the point in frozen January when even the smallest thing is cause for celebration. When I read that today was the birthday of Lewis Carroll, the author of “Alice in Wonderland,” it seemed like the perfect opportunity to make some old-fashioned Victorian tea party sweet – and what’s more Alice-ish than lemon tarts? I love everything to do with the folklore of Alice in Wonderland, the sideways manner of looking at the world, the whimsicality and gentle oddness […]

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Chocolate Sphere

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This is a dessert that will blow your guests away. Basically, it’s a four-inch sphere of thin chocolate filled with chocolate mousse, resting on a bed of praline sauce and – here’s where it gets interesting – topped with hot melted caramel. The hot caramel melts the chocolate sphere, and the whole thing collapses into a warm chocolate-caramel-pecan confection that will transport even the most rigid dessert deniers into sighing lumps of happiness. (Have you noticed how people deny themselves […]

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Korean Bibimbap

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KOREAN BIBIMBAP Korean Rice mixed with Meat and Vegetables Serves: 4 Prep time: 1 ½ hours For the beef: For the rice: For the vegetables: For the eggs: For the sauce:

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