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Fall, Mains, Vegetables

Turnovers with ricotta and chard filling

by vera@gtc • 13/11/2011 • 0 Comments

Few vegetables earn their keep in the garden the way chard does. Not only can you pick the leaves for months and if the winter is mild well into the next year, the plants are very beautiful too. Because of…

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Cake, Chocolate, Desserts

Chocolate Malteser Cake

by vera@gtc • 07/11/2011 • 26 Comments

Birthdays usually present an opportunity to bake a cake that is too complicated, rich or time-consuming for lesser occasions. And I mean occasions like “it’s Monday and it’s been raining the whole day”, because I do bake cakes for such…

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Fall, Soups, Vegetables

African pumpkin soup with curry and ginger

by vera@gtc • 03/11/2011 • 2 Comments

This year our harvest of pumpkins and winter squash was dismal. That may sound a little dramatic, but here are some numbers: last year we harvested on average 20 spaghetti squash per plant, this year it was just 3. The…

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Candy, Desserts, Halloween

Monster eyeballs

by vera@gtc • 29/10/2011 • 8 Comments

The popular parenting advice says that in order to prevent your kids from turning into picky eaters you need to involve them in the process of food preparation. I totally agree. It worked wonderfully when they were two, three, even…

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Cake, Czech, Desserts, Fall, Fruits, Tarts

Plum kuchen with streusel topping

by vera@gtc • 26/10/2011 • 9 Comments

Because I come from the Czech Republic and my whole family lives there, this is where we go every summer. We usually pick lots of mushrooms and blueberries, but the wild growing damsons sadly only start ripening towards the end…

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Fall, Foraging, October, Sides

Roasted chestnuts

by vera@gtc • 24/10/2011 • 0 Comments

From a freakishly summery September with all the sun and warmth we did not get in August, we fell right into autumn. It rains more often than not and we started unearthing gloves and scarves. But I am not complaining…

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14 rhubarb recipes

by vera@gtc • 07/04/2020

It’s RHUBARB TIME!!! In case my use of all caps and exclamation marks has not clued you in: I AM EXCITED! Another clue as to my love for rhubarb is the number of rhubarb recipes on this website: no less…

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Cake, Fruits, Spring

Rhubarb big crumb cake

by vera@gtc • 09/06/2017

Most of the time it’s just the two of us working in the garden so on the rare occasion that we get some help I’m always amazed by how much can be done in a couple of hours. About two…

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Gardening, Spring

May tour of the kitchen garden

by vera@gtc • 27/05/2017

It’s finally gotten warmer which means the plant growth has accelerated. Up till now things were moving slowly – April was cold with some heavy frosts and I was delaying planting out non-hardy vegetables like tomatoes and squash. But with…

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Bread, Breakfast, Fruits, Spring, Summer

Roasted strawberry cinnamon rolls

by vera@gtc • 21/05/2017

My daughter is in the middle of her finals, marking the end of her high school career. She’s pretty calm and undoubtedly doing well in her exams. There’s not much we can do for her at this point but in…

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