Can somebody please tell me how on earth I lived before the internet?? Apart from all the wondrousness of blogging (and that’s a lot of wondrousness, believe me!), it’s completely revolutionized the way I travel. I am probably of the last generation that will remember total dependence on travel agents. You decided where you wanted […]
Click here for a full portionRoasted butternut, feta and pinenut salad
Despite the fact that we have had nothing but dark clouds and rainstorms around here lately, rumour has it that summer has in fact arrived in the British Isles. I can tell it by the way the poppies have exploded in my garden (to the delight of visiting bumblebees!) and I can tell it by […]
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I am one of those rare women who does not go all gooey at the mention of the word chocolate. It’s not that I dislike it, it’s just that I’m more of a savoury girl and I simply can’t see how chocolate is going to make it all better. But don’t let that make you […]
Click here for a full portionPissaladiere – a French savourt tart
What is it about Mediterranean cuisine that just makes me swoon? It could be the colours – all vivid red tomatoes, shiny yellow peppers and verdant green basil leaves. Or it could be the fact that one mouthful can transport you back to a happy holiday spent in the sun in some gorgeous Mediterranean village. […]
Click here for a full portionUSA day 6 – Fall colours and Monte Cristo sandwiches
[This post is part of my very leisurely report on our trip to the USA last year in October.] Waking up on our first morning in Connecticut and looking out of the window, the view could not possibly have been more different to New York. Where there had been a busy road and grimy brick […]
Click here for a full portionStuffed vegetables – the WTSIM#5 round-up
Roll up, roll up! It’s time for the round-up of the fifth edition of my, Johanna and Andrew’s little baby – the “Waiter, there’s something in my…” event. They grow up so fast… This month, I set you rather a challenge (as many of you told me in your e-mails!) – it seems I’m not […]
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