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• 31 December 2013: Ruth - Trends - Our predictions for 201435619
  

  Goodbye cupcakes, biscuits are back.  The cupcake is on the decline and we think the next baking trend will be biscuits, not cookies, but good old butter based, crisp biscuits.  Bring on t...

• 21 December 2013: Ruth - Eating Out - A mini break in Cambridge47005
  

  If you get the chance to spend a day or two in Cambridge then here is my mini food tour. Arrive in the afternoon and start with Afternoon Tease in King Street.  It is very close to the bus stat...

• 17 December 2013: Ruth - Fetes and Festivals - We are off to see The Wizard (Christmas 2013)32226
  

  All Manor of Events in Henley, outside Ipswich, are holding Christmas in Oz themed parties.  This is a really original place to go for the staff Christmas party.  Each year the theme is diff...

• 17 December 2013: Ruth - Dish of the Day - Meet Xoliswa Ndoyiya personal chef to Nelson Mandela.29784
  

  Xoliswa Ndoyiya was Nelson Mandela's personal cook from 1992. Her job interview consisted of just one question: “Can you cook our home food?”  Here is the recipe for Umphokoqo, a porridge made o...

• 01 December 2013: Ruth - Fast foodie - Burgers in Bury38024
  

  Why have we been eating so many burgers? Suddenly everyone in Bury St Edmunds has burgers on the menu so we have been out to try some. Benson Blakes were the first on the scene and are the establishe...