When people tell me they don’t like Brussels sprouts, my response is the same as when people say they don’t like sex: “Oh sweetie, maybe you’re just doing it wrong!” In some ways, I realise I’m lucky in that Brussels sprouts didn’t really appear on our table when I was a child, so I have no […]
Click here for a full portionWSIM #21 theme announced, and the 7 things meme
So. The October edition of Waiter, There’s Something in My… is done and dusted, round-up posted, and people are beginning to wonder what the next theme is going to be. Well, wonder no more – forthcoming host Johanna has put us all out of our misery and announced the theme for November. What are your […]
Click here for a full portionCaramelised nectarines and cherries
Can you hear anything? A low rumble, maybe? A gurgling noise? Pipes clanking? Nope? Well, me neither. Because my new boiler is very, very quiet.
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Bottlebrush flower – Johannesburg 2007
Click here for a full portionLondon International Wine Fair 2008
Boiler saga update: [A phone rings in CookSister’s office] “Jeanne speaking, good morning.” “Hello, this is British Gas – we’re at your house right now and we have some news about your boiler.” [voice filled with trepidation] “Yeeeeees?” “We tried one last trick and we have the pilot light lit – so the boiler is […]
Click here for a full portionChicken, sun-dried tomato & mustard pasta sauce
Saga update: No boiler. No heat. No comment. Since the start of the Death of a Boiler saga on Monday, I have found myself spending more and more time at the house of my lovely neighbour P. (Troy‘s owner). This is partly because she has a working shower and central heating (!), partly because she […]
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