After spending a summer complaining relentlessly about how awful the weather was (and trust me, it was awful!), I am pleased to say that we have been blessed with a glorious autumn. There were some gorgeous days at the end of last week and even I have to admit that today was such a glorious […]
Click here for a full portionA post a day for NaBloPoMo 2007
Hands up – who’s heard of NaNoWriMo? That’s short for National Novel Writing Month, the literary challenge where once a year, amateur and professional writers from all over the world sign up to try and write a novel of at least 50 000 words during the month of November.
Click here for a full portionSlow-roast tomato and zucchini pasta
So… you buy a ton of tomatoes. You spend a day or so roasting them veeeeeeery slowly in your oven. Then you bottle them in olive oil. But then comes the hard part: what to do with them? Of course, the easy option is simply to eat them out of the jar when nobody is […]
Click here for a full portionTriple ginger layer cake
I am not a baker. Or at the very least, I am to baking what Hunter S. Thompson was to journalism. All my baking escapades seem to involve the wrong ingredients due to crazy last-minute substitutions, incorrect or inadequate equipment (I mean, does every home really need a palette knife??) and a laissez faire attitude […]
Click here for a full portionRoast figs with balsamic vinegar and pine nuts
Aaaah, figs. We are bang in the middle of their lamentably short season at the moment and I don’t seem to be able to walk past them without buying a few.
Click here for a full portionWe are the champions
To the 15 men who carried the hopes and dreams of 48 million people on their shoulders last night and did not drop them, all I can say is THANK YOU – and you deserve it.
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