I’m sad to say, but the phrase “we’re going to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner” does not usually inspire whoops of delight in my house. Nick, for a start, believes that any proper meal contains meat (!) and although I am not a huge red meat fan, I do tend to feel a little cheated […]
Click here for a full portionAsparagus, lemon and mint risotto
If there is one language I long to speak, it is Italian. It is a language that you don’t just speak – you inhabit it with your entire body. Watching people at a train station talking on their mobile phones, it is impossible not to guess immediately who the Italian is. Most people will […]
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Vatican pillars – Rome, May 2007
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Irish food. It’s all potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes, washed down with Guinness, right? Well, no, not really – and the lovely people at Bord Bia (the Irish Food Board) are on a mission to dispel that misconception and introduce the world to the wealth of wonderful produce and products that Ireland has to […]
Click here for a full portionCoq au vin – so French, so easy
God bless the French. We have so much to thank them for, if you think about it. Over the years they have given us: 29% of our English language (accordingto Wikipedia!) – think words such as abbatoir, cabaret, camouflage, garage, lounge, macabre, faux, panache, raconteur, silhouette, voyeur, as well as many more less obvious examples. […]
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Eiffel Tower detail – Paris, July 2006
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