Xmas: blink and you miss it

Mantovana olive oil bread Xmas has been and gone. It's the 29th already, and I'm back in the office alternately learning about risk and progressing with various projects.

A brief review of the past few days:

Xmas eve was spent, as it usually is . . .
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Gaucho: The best steak this side of Argentina?

I like steak. I like it a lot. If I'm in a restaurant and steak is offered, the chances are that's what I'll be having. That said, I've found very few places who do consistently good steak, a steak which is cooked to perfection – . . .
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Happy birthday, have a potato cake

It's my Mum's birthday on the 27th June, and I said I would bake her a birthday cake. While she has no dietary requirements, my step-father has coeliac disease; this means he's intolerant of gluten.

Compared to the number of recipes which contain gluten, there are very few which don't. In my experience, gluten free . . .
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