Blog – Page 22 – The Social Kitchen

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Inspiration

Philosophy

Our mother’s kitchen has always been the soul of our home. The long, wooden table, with my mother at its head, was the centre of endless dinner par...

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Inspiration

My journey to The Social Kitchen

It all started with my mom My mom and I had always said we would write a cookbook but we never got round to it. When my mother passed away and I we...

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Inspiration

The Ultimate Goal

When I wrote this book I wasn’t sure where to set my goal. I was not a famous chef, neither a reality TV star; I am a local girl who wanted to writ...

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Events

The First Social Kitchen Supper Club Hosted by Rosie Fortescue

The Idea After Polly (my PR guru) and I had a brainstorming session we came up with the idea to do a dinner/supper club. We wanted to create an eve...

Inspiration

8 Simple ways to Pay it forward

Hello Saying hello to people sounds so simple but when last did you say hello to someone behind the till at the post office and asked them how...

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Inspiration

How I put The Social Kitchen Cookbook together…

Tuesday 31st March 2015 I decided that I would need some advice, as this was not something that I had done before! When my mom first moved to Lon...

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Inspiration

8 Top Tips for writing a cookbook

Choose the recipes that you want to showcase. Usually cookbooks have on average 100 recipes. Test, test and test the recipes and make sure that yo...

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Recipes

Fluffy Classic Waffles

Makes 4-5 Ingredients 2 eggs 2 cups all purpose flour ½ cup veg oil 1 cup milk 1 tbsp sugar 4 tsp baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 tsp vanilla essen...

Recipes

Watermelon Pizza

A fun fresh way to serve watermelon. This is a great recipe and only takes a few minutes to put together. You could even put all the ingredients in...

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Recipes

How To Pimp your rice cake

Pimp your rice cake Some times the simpler the better. It is so much fun with friends to put a range of ingredients on the table and use your ima...

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Recipes

Homemade Easy Granola

Ingredients 2tbsp vegetable oil125ml maple syrup2 tbsp honey2 tbsp golden syrup1 tsp vanilla extract300g rolled oats100g mixed seeds100g flaked alm...

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Recipes

Sweet Breakfast Waffle

This is how you make sweet waffles acceptable in the morning, by topping them with natural greek yogurt, fresh berries, home made granola and of co...