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Grasmere Gingerbread war....
Martins thoughts...	By admin on Tuesday, January 01, 2008

2008 has seen the opening exchanges in the Grasmere Gingerbread wars in our very own picturesque vil ...

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Pity Poor Nick for his Turkey is Stuffed.....
Chef Nick Martin	By chefnick on Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The spice girls in my house for christmas.....

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Christmas comes early to Orton
Martins thoughts...	By admin on Monday, December 03, 2007

Last year I visited the Orton Christmas farmers market with Cecilia and baby Luke. It was one of our ...

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Cumbria on a plate - Charity Calendar
Martins thoughts...	By admin on Monday, December 03, 2007

Annette Gibbons has produced a Charity calendar, it is in aid of the Eden Valley Hospice. The calend ...

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Ivan discovers the hidden kitchens of Chatsworth House
Martins thoughts...	By admin on Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Ivan Day sent me this recipe for "Iced cabinet pudding" which sounds brilliant. He ...

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Laying in time!
Three blind cows....	By Stevie on 11/3/2007

It's a busy time at the back end, or laying in time as we call it on the fa ...

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Citrus delights....
Martins thoughts...	By admin on Friday, November 02, 2007

With the Marmalade festival coming up in February I decided to kick off a couple of citrus experimen ...

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2007 - The Benchmark Year
Three blind cows....	By Stevie on 10/20/2007

Tough times, I am told, bring out the best in people, well I'm all toughed out! It has been one of those years, a benchmark I suppose. A year we will mark others by and one we will tell the kids of when things are getting too easy again.

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A few squirrel recipes for you....
Martins thoughts...	By admin on Wednesday, October 17, 2007

I have to laugh, the "Cumbrian grey squirrel tasting", recently shown on C4 as par ...

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Custard Tart.
Chef Nick Martin	By chefnick on Monday, October 15, 2007

just one of those recipes that has played it's way to the top of the premiership.

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