Welcome to Kitchen Queries, where the nigella.com team will answer your cooking or food related questions.  We’d love you to submit some of your recipe problems, dilemmas or queries for us to get our teeth into!

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• Freezing Curry

  Hi, just want to say Kitchen is my favourite of Nigella's books all the tips on leftovers, freeze and make ahead. Its Perfect! Anyway I find myself making things in advance and freezing much more for thoose days when I want good food but too tired to make it. What I would like to know is how sucessfully can you freeze curry? Most that I make have cream or coconut cream in the sauce. That way a meal is as easy as defrosting the curry and a fresh pot of rice. Many Thanks

  Posted by Philli7. Answered on 29th Jan 2011 at 12.00

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• Christmas Tree Cake Tin

  On one of Nigella's Christmas Cooking shows she made a Sponge Cake in a round Tin that when turned out, the cake was in the shape of 5 or 6 Christmas Trees. Could you please advise where I can purchase this tin? Thanks 

  I saw in a program Nigella baking a christmas cake with a forest cake pan, and i loved. Where can i buy that cake pan? Kikigabi 

  Nigella bakes a vanilla sponge in a cake tin which looks liks a forest of pine trees when the cake is turned out. She then sifted icing sugar over the top. It looked like snow. So pretty. Where can I get such a tin? Sammyson

  Posted by RichardHill. Answered on 28th Jan 2011 at 12.00

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• A weekend without kitchen kit

  Dear Team Nigella, I'm going on a weekend trip to a vacation cottage that has a full kitchen, but as I understand it, no pots/pans/cups/knives/etc - a totally unfurnished kitchen! Unfortunately there's no outdoor grill either as it's in a snowy winter destination. There's 6 of us total going, and I'm going to make a dinner for everyone but I'm at a loss of what kind of recipes should be attempted with very little equipment - I'm going to have to travel light. I will be stopping at their local market so I should be able to pick up disposable plates, utensils, etc. Thanks for your help!!

  Posted by TellJeremy. Answered on 27th Jan 2011 at 12.00

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