So… the financial world has gone to hell in a handbasket. You still feel the need for your regular fix of French bistro food, but the credit crunch has curtailed your travel budget and trips across the channel just seem like an unnecessary extravagance. What to do, what to do?
Click here for a full portionHow to sautée Brussels sprouts
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 […]
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