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Barmbrack | Irish Tea Bread

Barmbrack | Irish Tea Bread

A recent visit to the beautiful tea plantations of Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka and buying some factory tea has inspired this post and had me in the kitchen baking a Barmbrack, a traditional Irish Tea Bread. Somewhere between cake and bread and not overly sweet, this homely moist loaf is packed with dried fruit plumped with tea. Sliced and slathered with the obligatory butter and enjoyed alongside a freshly brewed pot of loose tea … well what more can I say. Continue reading “Barmbrack | Irish Tea Bread”

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In My Kitchen January 2015

In MY Kitchen 2015-Red PitcherOff to a colorful start and “In My Kitchen” this January is a gorgeous pitcher from the Alpine region of France, given to me by my dear friend Sarah … no doubt this will be filled with lots of cheer throughout the year. Continue reading “In My Kitchen January 2015”

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Wishing You A Happy New Year

Fruit and Vegetable Stall in Sri LankaWith the arrival of another new year we cannot predict what lies ahead, but the one thing I can do is wish you all good health and happiness in surroundings of great company and of course, good food. I really appreciate you being part of my blogging world… so thank you for being here.
This year we spent an entirely different Christmas in a very overcast and wet Sri Lanka and escaped the madness that sometimes comes with this time of year. Yearly resolutions are not something I make but looking at this wonderful road-side fruit and vegetable stall has made me think… more vegetarian dishes. So before I start with some blog posts, I leave you with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson and hope you all have a wonderful and blessed 2015.

“The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. ‘I am not alone and unacknowledged.’ They nod to me and I to them.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Love and best wishes Moya xx