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Lovers of fine vegetarian food. If we're not cooking or eating it, we're reading, talking or writing about it. Messy eaters, we wear our food with pride!
Faithful servants of feline overlords.
Based: Cardiff, Wales
Writing at: blognotleafycardiff.home.blog
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It's time.
A Chococo advent calendar lies open on a kitchen work surface. The right hand side of the calendar has twenty five doors and a different handcrafted chocolate hides behind each. The top of another identical box can be seen peering from underneath. Their packaging is patterned in shades of red-orange, blue and white, is 100% plastic free and recyclable.
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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....and we have our Matsudai Ramen delivery!

M NL's checked the contents. All present, correct and still cold, despite DHL's best efforts. Must be delivered today clearly wasn't on their agenda.
A rectangular brown cardboard box, still sealed, sits on a kitchen work surface. The box is squashed and compressed downwards, as if a weight had been placed on top of it. Text from the top of the parcel reads: Fresh produce Next day delivery Must be delivered today The parcel was dispatched and in the courier's hands on Thursday.
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Daphne is a good influencer. Long Cat, supported by Greedy Cat, (tail top left) has declared N NL will not be moving until their lunchtime.
A fluffy grey-blue cat lies on a teal cat-protecting bed cover. He is curled inbetween M NL's knees thus preventing the latter from getting up. A black fluffy cat's tail can be seen top left.
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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When you decide to pop in to @pettigrewbakes.bsky.social for a savoury lunch thing and see a Cheese & Marmite Crown.

Oh, and a Black Forest Danish please...

Just wondering, when you're doing your legendary mince pies... Ah, missed them!

Two mince pies... aaand a chocolate orange croissant please.
Baked goods from Pettigrew lie on a grey-brown mottled kitchen work surface. Clockwise from top left: A brown cardboard box with flaps open to reveal two mince pies, filling exposed under a pastry star, The pies are dusted with icing sugar. Top right: A white cardboard box with top open to reveal a Black Forest Danish with a creamy topping, shaved dark chocolate and cherry decoration. Bottom right: a striped chocolate orange croissant lies on a Pettigrew branded paper bag. Bottom left: A cheese and Marmite crown site on another branded bag. A chocolate orange croissant, cleaved expertly in half to reveal its airy lamination and chocolate orange creme interior. Yes, Reader, we shared it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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You can! Greedy Cat endorses that.
A large, fluffy black cat recumbent on a grey cats-for-the-use-of sofa throw. His eyes are closed in sleep. He has a fine pair of tufted ears.
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Can't think of a better way of brightening our weekend. Sharing a wonderful Sunday lunch @1861restaurant.bsky.social with @kavey.bsky.social & @ahnlak.bsky.social.
View of the interior of Restaurant 1861, photo taken when seated at the table. The dark wooden table is set with cutlery for four courses and tall glasses for water. A pat of butter and snacks (sticks and cheese clouds) are in the centre of the table. To the right, several lidded pumpkin candles and lights in dark green and orange. The walls are white, there are dark beams and monochrome food-related photos. Starter: Salad of cheese beignets, tomato and onion relish. Three golden beignets sit on relish and are arranged around dressed green leaves. Main course: Courgette and mint risotto. Presented on a rectangular white plate. To the right: a dark bowl filled with risotto, white rice speckled with green. Pieces of tempura courgette lie atop. To the left: dressed salad. Dessert: Hot damson souffle, white chocolate ice cream. An oval white plate. To the left: a boule of white chocolate ice cream. In the middle: a coffee spoon laden with pink souffle - the spoon was used by Kate, piercing the souffle's top to pour in sauce when serving. To the right: a coffee cup filled with a tall pink souffle, its top is dotted with red sauce.
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Prophetic?
A screen shot from a Reach plc digital publication. Text on the left reads, "Five Guts confirms new opening with latest technology and unique features". On the right: an image of a transport hub with a partial sign reading "..to Terminal" and a Five Guys logo, white script on a red square.
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Mme pulled her phone out too late for a photo of an deeply dark, white-fronted & currant-eyed squirrel.

But there, in the grass, only a metre away & also watching alongside Mme, Happy Dog & Dog's Young Lad was an orange cat - apparently unnoticed by the dog, not too pleased at being spotted by Mme.
An all-marmalade coloured cat lies in a park's grass and wild weed green foliage, its striped coat added to by shadows from a railing. Its head is turned from the squirrels in front to give a narrow-eyed gaze to Mme. Small bell around the neck and green bow tie to which it's attached (out of sight), cat's own.
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Remembering a place we happened upon at Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure in Charente.

Among the 2255 graves at the resistance memorial & military cemetery are those of the Bir Hacheim Maquis & Muslims who fought with the allied forces during WW2.

(Our photo sadly out of focus, so this one c/o MdeD).
Muslim headstones are arranged in lines in a French resistance and military cemetery, alongside lines of crosses marking the graves of Christians and other fallen. The stones have red roses planted at their feet and between them.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Passing a front garden, a huge shrub called us to a halt; a sudden patch of vivid colour on one of Roath's clouded grey and dusk-dark streets.
Fuchsia flowers among many on a large, striking bush in a Roath front garden. The dangling flowers have pale blush pink sepals and a double corolla, with ombré pale to mid-lilac pink upper petals above deeper lilac lower ones. The stamens are pale to dark pink and white. There are dark green leaves behind.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Tried a new stumbled-across-online dish last week, it's a keeper. Milk Street's Greek-style braised chickpeas with tomatoes & orange. Admit to upping the orange content & more stock for our taste & work better with rice, Bold Bean Co's Queen Chickpeas made it. www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/gree...
A serving of Greek-style braised chickpeas with tomatoes and orange lies to the right of a brown-speckled and brown-edged blue ceramic bowl. Rice with quinoa lies to its left. The dish is topped with roughly chopped flat leaf parsley.
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Two photos, same place, less than 30 secs apart.

It might be changeably wet & blustery outside but we've sunshine inside, courtesy of Mami Maggie's West African dishes, Fabrizio's Sicilian panelle & Sophia's Greek pastries. Roath Market was raring to go, the queue for Pav's veg was as long as ever.
A view of two of the stalls at Roath Market, with a row of terraced houses behind. To the left: Andrew Barlow, artist. On the right: Paul's Organic Veg (Pav's) with those at the head of a long, snaking queue visible. The stalls, people and white fluffy-clouded blue sky are reflected in a large rainwater puddle in the foreground. A view of four stalls at Roath Market with people, a dog and parked cycles in front. There are rainwater puddles on the dark tarmac and the sky is blue in places but darkening to clouded grey. The white castellated and crenellated Mackintosh Sports Club building is behind to the left. Formerly Plasnewydd mansion, it was donated to the surrounding housing estate in 1890 by its owner, Mrs Mackintosh.
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Costume unnecessary
A photo of a large, fluffy black cat's head, caught mid-yawn. His head is tilted back, eyes closed, ears dropped slightly to each side and his mouth is wide open, revealing a pink tongue and his upper jaw's sharp white canine teeth.
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Tried a new stumbled-across-online dish tonight and it's a keeper. Milk Street's Greek-style braised chickpeas with tomatoes and orange. Admit to upping the orange content for preferred balance but Bold Beans Co.'s Queen Chickpeas made it - thanks again for the reco @gouldina.bsky.social
A serving of Greek-style braised chickpeas with tomatoes and orange lies to the right of a brown-speckled and brown-edged blue ceramic bowl. Rice with quinoa lies to its left. The dish is topped with roughly chopped flat leaf parsley.
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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The last rose of summer.

A bud, now opened, discovered while hacking back some overgrowth. M NL saved it from the trimmings and brought brightness into the house. Thank you, Crépuscule.
A single rose sits in a clear glass stem vase. The bloom is medium-sized and double, its silky petals a rich apricot. It is open but not enough for the stamens to be visible.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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They made it home through the rain. Curtains pulled, sofa occupied, wine chilling, cats deployed, @pettigrewbakes.bsky.social's legendary laminated pastries at the ready & all feels well in our corner of the world.

Left: Caprese Danish
Right: Blackberry, Honey & Lavender Danish
A Caprese Danish from Pettigrew Bakeries sits on a brown-edged & flecked blue plate. The rectangular-shaped pastry is brown, showing its laminations. In the centre: red tomato, white cheese & green basil leaves - pesto lies underneath. A Blackberry, Honey & Lavender Danish from Pettigrew Bakeries sits on a brown-edged & flecked blue plate. The rectangular-shaped pastry is raised, courtesy of its laminations. In the centre: two blackberries lie atop a fragrant piped white filling.
October 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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More than five leaves left.

Autumnal low sun shedding light on shed leaves & so many the trees are holding on to. A walk through Roath Mill Gardens is good for the soul.
A view across Roath Mill Gardens in Cardiff, Wales. The ground is covered in a thin layer of brown leaves and lit by the sun shining through the branches of a tree, leaving a lace-like shadow. The large tree in the foreground, right, has a thick, dark trunk. The sunlit trees in the background have varied green and yellow coloured leaves.
October 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Lunch with French friends, entrée c/o MmeFF.

Salad of tender green beans, feta & homegrown peach in a honeyed dressing with a tiny touch of balsamic, topped with pine nuts & nigella seeds. Beautifully balanced flavours & textures. Was followed by her blue cheese & mushroom tart with a walnut crust😋
A salad of green beans, cubed feta and thinly sliced peach topped with pine nuts and sprinkled black nigella seeds lies in a white bowl. The bowl stands on a black and white patterned plate.
September 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Lunch with French friends, so time to transform the perfect brioche pur beurre we'd bagged into bread & butter pudding made with M NL's Seville marmalade, PX sherry soaked raisins & a touch of cinnamon, topped with demerara & candied peel.

Before & after baking, awaiting vanilla crème anglaise.
A brioche marmalade bread and butter pudding sits in a rectangular blue-edged white enamel dish, ready to be baked. The pudding's top is scattered with raisins soaked in Pedro Ximénez sherry, orange zest, chopped candied peel and demerara sugar. To the right above the dish: a pot of Seville orange marmalade. The top has a red and white check pattern and a 2025 label. Fresh from the oven, a brioche marmalade bread and butter pudding sits in a rectangular blue-edged white enamel dish. The pudding's top is suitably crunchy and caramelised, scattered with raisins soaked in Pedro Ximénez sherry, orange zest, chopped candied peel and demerara sugar.
September 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Back at you...
A view across the River Vienne towards the Quai Jeanne d'Arc in Chinon.
September 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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They concur.
Two fluffy cats sit on their humans' bed. To the left: Greedy Cat, black with a good pair of ears. To the right: Naughty Cat, blue tortie tabby with her paws stretched over the side of the bed towards the camera.
September 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Yes, we know it's getting up time but, no, you're not. We're doing The Daphne's work, Tuesday is cancelled @katebevan.com.
Two cats are on top on a teal bed cover and their human. A fluffy blue tortie tabby is to the bottom right. She is asleep upside down, as normal, her eyes are closed, black-lined lips slightly open and her right front paw hangs raised in the air. Her ears are almost touching a fluffy grey-blue cat who lies curled with his back to her and the camera, ears erect. He is resting against the human's covered legs.
September 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Since it's Agatha Christie's 135th birthday today, we've an excuse to post these again - photos of her cookery books taken in the kitchen when we visited her Dartside holiday home, Greenway near Brixham in Devon.
An assortment of hard- and soft-backed cookery books stand in a row filling a shelf. The shelving's white and the background wall is painted deep blue. A clear protective strip runs across the shelf part way up the books. A set of two-pan scales sits in front of the books, it's body looks made of jigsawed wooden pieces painted white with a blue 70s floral design. Two white or cream pie funnels are in front of the scale pans and a blue hand whisk with metal beaters can be seen hanging down from the top left. An assortment of hard- and soft-backed cookery books stand in two rows filling a shelf, one row in front of the other. The shelving's white and the background wall is painted deep blue. A clear protective strip runs across the shelf part way up the books and a handwritten sign on white card tells visitors not to touch them. A small black chicken ornament with a red comb and a white object that could be a serviette holder are placed on the shelf on either side of the sign.
September 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Breads & one set of cakes in the bag, Sunday's patisserie queue was next. It being inside gave the advantage of more time to debate our choices from the ever-tempting array, made easier knowing we'd return. It's what our holidays are for.
A shop counter, the chilled bottom shelf laden with a varied colourful patisserie. The shelf above contains savoury tarts, brownies and Nougat de Tours. On the top shelf: biscuits and, right, small breads in a basket.
September 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Queuing over, we were in; a cheery bonjour to all present & that perfect brioche pur beurre was ours. Une baguette? Bien sûr. Oh, and we couldn't leave without almondy, fruit-studded & icing sugar dusted La Framboisine.
The interior of a boulangerie, photo taken from the counter looking towards the bread-filled shelves behind. A brioche loaf sits on on the counter nearest the camera. Sunday morning's patisserie purchases have begun to empty the counter but La Framboisine arrived just in time for us. Top shelf, to the left: a shallow and rectangular yellow tray filled with a row of the cakes, browned crusts and tops dusted with white icing sugar.
September 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM