I have never been a morning person. To me, getting up out of my warm bed in the morning is like reliving the trauma of birth every day of the year: going from the warm, comfortable known into the harsh and unforgiving unknown before you are ready. No wonder babies cry when they are born!! […]
Click here for a full portionSlow roasted tomatoes in olive oil
I have an admission to make. For a large part of my life, I didn’t eat tomatoes. I picked them out of sandwiches, I ordered salads without them, I arranged them on the side of my plate in a line of evil, red half-moons. I remember having debates with friends at university on why exactly […]
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“His name was never mentioned in dispatches Nor was he hero of the desperate stand His death obscured no headlines… … Yet one there was for whom his life held meaning And with his passing grief walled up the sun” From The Inarticulate – Andrew Taylor
Click here for a full portionGingery baked nectarines
You know how sometimes you have guests around, whip a dish out of the oven, plate it, serve it, snap off a couple of photos that you think will be OK, and then put away the camera and get back to socialising? And you know how sometimes those unplanned photos can be the best? Well, […]
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Life likes to throw little surprises our way. Some of them are good. Like having something you lost returned to you by a good Samaritan. Or being upgraded to business class for free on a long-haul flight. Or a longed-for gift bought by an attentive partner. Or winning the lottery 😉
Click here for a full portionSticky BBQ chicken sundowners
I love food on sticks. Hot, cold, sweet, savoury… you name it, I love it. I don’t know what exactly it is about food on sticks that’s so perennially appealing either, but I’m guessing it’s that whiff of the fairground or of streetfood that appeals to me.
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