When I first got to London I was told: “If you don’t like the weather, wait ten minutes. It’s bound to change.” Although the ten minutes bit was a little optimistic, it certainly is true that the weather here seems to have no concept of consistency. The one minute (i.e. last Saturday) it truly is […]
Click here for a full portionMy perfect gift…
I love my husband. Because, deep down, doesn’t every girl want a divine pair of boots for her 40th birthday?
Click here for a full portionLeek & potato soup: creamy-dreamy & easy-peasy
I understand why people use convenience foods, I really do. More than once I’ve grabbed a ready-to-heat curry or a pack of chicken Kievs in the supermarket on a cold Friday night at the end of a long week, when I feel as if I will lose the will to live if I have to go home […]
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Notre Dame de Reims Cathedral, France – August 2007
Click here for a full portionNick cooks chicken jalfrezi
Fact: I did not grow up liking curry. I have mentioned previously that as a child, when asked to name my least-favourite dish, I cane up with bobotie (a traditional South African curried mince dish), so part of it was probably just a child’s dislike for any slightly challenging flavours. But as I got older, […]
Click here for a full portionApricot clafoutis – an easy crowd-pleaser
Man, where did this weekend go?? I had all sorts of grandiose ideas of the stuff I’d do: a post about my ski trip, an article that I owe an editor, editing the dozens of ski trip photos that I want to put on Flickr, writing up a few posts for this blog… Hah. Instead, […]
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