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In my kitchen…

…is an easy mid-week dessert – meringues with microwave custard and frozen raspberries…

In my kitchen…

…is treasureCape Grim beef ribs purchased at the markets for a song (they were surplus from an export order)…

A slow four-hour bake transformed them into sticky, tender perfection…

In my kitchen…

…is a large slab of salmon, smoked by our neighbour Ellen. The Neighbour Ware is not only coming back, it’s coming back with food on it…

And speaking of the Neighbour Ware, in my kitchen…

…is the latest addition to the set, from the Johnson Brothers Born to Shop range…

…the plate came with a matching teacup and saucer that says Dieting is Wishful Shrinking.  So true, so true…

In my kitchen…

…are dark and light Muscovado sugar. They add a treacly note to my baking…

In my kitchen…

…is Wednesday’s harvest – carrots, Tuscan kale, a perennial leek, white kohlrabi and three eggs…

…and Thursday’s harvest – self-sown endive, cucumbers, a patty pan squash and lots of small eggplants…

In my kitchen…

…are black mussels, cooked with soy, ginger and chilli. An easy and surprisingly economical meal!

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Tell me, what’s happening in your kitchen this month?

If you’d like to do an In My Kitchen post on your own blog, please feel free  to use this format, and to leave a comment here linking back to your post.  We’d love to see what’s happening in your kitchen this month!

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Here are this month’s posts…

Shelley @ All Litten Up

Christine @ Food Wine Travel

Sorcha @ xo.sorcha.ox

Rose @ Greening The Rose

Christine @ Invisible Spice

Pam @ Grow, Bake, Run

Sally @ Bewitching Kitchen

Brydie @ CityHippyFarmgirl

Misk @ Misk Cooks

Claire @ Claire K Creations

Karen @ Soul Kitchen Blog

Mandy @ The Complete Cookbook

Matina @ Delicio8

Sue @ Sous Chef

Tandy @ Lavender and Lime

Jane @ The Shady Baker

Lizzy @ Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things

Glenda @ Passion Fruit Garden

Heidi @ Steps on the Journey

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In my kitchen…

…is a magnificent Fitz & Floyd Ricamo Rooster Jug, reduced from $137 to just $27 during the Peters of Kensington sale.  It sits on a high shelf, crowing over our busy workspace…

In my kitchen…

…are chestnut, leek and duck fat loaves, loosely inspired by a recipe from Dan Lepard’s The Handmade Loaf

In my kitchen…

…is a lovely note from our neighbours Shaun and Michelle.  The new neighbour ware seems to be working; plates are being returned promptly…

In my kitchen…

…are new season President plums, our favourite!  We were so excited to find them at the markets last week that we bought two boxes…

Several kilos of plums and sugar are now macerating in vodka, brandy and Calvados.  Hopefully we’ll be drinking this year’s plum brandy by the end of May…

Pete made fourteen jars of soft-set jam

…and I turned a few plums into a simple tart, using June’s sweet pastry dough, Pete’s jam and sliced fruit…

In my kitchen…

…is a new Exopat silicone baking mat, a gift from my friend David.  He bought it at Chefs’ Warehouse, then figured out it was too large for his oven, so he sent it to me.  I have very generous friends indeed…

In my kitchen…

…is a plate of toffee bars, a simple slice which made for perfect weekend eating…

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Tell me, what’s happening in your kitchen this month?

If you’d like to do an In My Kitchen post on your own blog, please feel free  to use this format, and to leave a comment here linking back to your post.  We’d love to see what’s happening in your kitchen this month!

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Here are this month’s posts…

Sorcha @ xo.sorcha.ox

Shelley @ All Litten Up

Christine @ Invisible Spice

Claire @ Claire K Creations

Rose @ Greening the Rose

Pam @ Grow, Bake, Run

Joanna @ Zeb Bakes

Jane @ The Shady Baker

Sue @ Sous Chef

Misk @ Misk Cooks

Glenda @ Passion Fruit Garden
(brand new blog!!)

Heidi @ Steps on the Journey

Mandy @ The Complete Cook Book

Lizzy @ Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things

Tandy @ Lavender and Lime

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Have I mentioned recently how much I love my neighbours?

They’re the best – I honestly couldn’t have asked for better. Some of our closest friends live within shouting distance, and there is a wonderful sense of community on our street.  Everyone is respectful of space and privacy, but it’s almost impossible to ever feel lonely or isolated living here. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

My only gripe with my neighbours is this: they steal my plates.

Not on purpose, of course, but over the past few years I’ve watched my stash of surplus china diminish incrementally.  And that’s because whenever I send out cookies or cake or brownies, it’s almost always on an old, nondescript plate which blends innocuously into whichever drying rack it ends up on.

I’ve decided the best way to deal with this is to invest in a dedicated set of neighbour ware.  Serendipitously, Peters of Kensington had these plates on sale for $6 each ($25 for a set of four)…

Part of the Johnson Brothers “Born to Shop” range, these porcelain plates are 20cm (8″) in diameter…

It’s hard to pick a favourite, but I think this one might be it. Not part of the four-set, it came separately, with a matching breakfast cup and saucer…

The plates are all dishwasher safe, and hopefully unusual and distinctive enough to ensure they make it back to our kitchen!

PS. Pete has just accused me of using this as an excuse to buy more china.

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