Cherry Brandy – Murder at the Vicarage
Hello crime readers and food lovers! Today we are drinking with Dame Agatha and Miss Jane Marple. The beverage of choice as we journey to St Mary Mead and murder most foul will be homemade cherry...
View ArticleLemon Barley Water
When life gives some people lemons, they make lemonade. We, here at Retro Food For Modern Times never like to follow the crowd so we made lemon barley water. As previously mentioned, our backyard...
View ArticleInflatable Flamingo
Summer is officially over here but hopefully even as the days grow shorter and colder we will still have time for a few more summery cocktails like the Inflatable Flamingo! The name is so reminiscent...
View ArticleThe Red Signal Cocktail
The Red Signal Cocktail came about by a bit of an accident. I recently tried to make a cocktail called the Seamist. Except, I could not get some of the ingredients so I had to improvise. The...
View ArticleDamn The Weather – The Sittaford Mystery
Hello crime readers and food lovers! Today we are drinking with the Dame because the Sittaford Mystery, as wonderful a story as it is, (and it is an absolute cracker) did not have the most inspiring...
View ArticleDry Martini – Peril at End House
Greetings crime readers and food, well drink lovers! Today we are celebrating the delights of the Agatha Christie novel Peril at End House with a fabulous dry martini. And there are many delights to...
View ArticleMurder on the Orient Espresso Martini
Given my love of Aggie, cocktails and puns was there ever a world where I was not going to make a Murder on The Orient Espresso Martini? And yes, in my head I call her Aggie. I am sure Dame Agatha is...
View ArticlePink Gin – Three Act Tragedy
Hello crime readers and food lovers! Greetings from Cape Bridgewater! We are on a little holiday mini-break in far western Victoria, staying in a gorgeous renovated church. This is all the more...
View ArticleThe Eye of The Tiger
Hello friends! This weekend people all over the world are celebrating Lunar New Year and the start of the year of the Tiger. Traditional foods for Lunar New Year include long noodles (symbolising long...
View ArticleThe Bee Sting
Hello friends, welcome to a special edition of Dining With The Dame. In this, which is a companion piece to last week’s post I will be doing a selective deep-dive into the good, the bad and the ugly of...
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