I didn’t grow up eating spinach. It wasn’t like my mom cooked it and I was forced to sit at the table till I cleared my plate and ended up at the dining table for six months. No, nothing as spectacular. My mom just didn’t cook it. I think part of the problem was that […]
Click here for a full portionGuess who went to the Gherkin bar?
For those of you picturing me spending my Friday evening making small talk at some sort of deli counter with barrels of pickles, think again. The Gherkin is the affectionate name given to London’s newest landmark building – it’s real name is the Swiss Re building (after its anchor tenant) or 30 St Mary […]
Click here for a full portionUK Foodblogger picnic at the 2006 Henley Regatta
I am standing in the middle of Paddington station – yes, grubby old Paddington – and I am the most underdressed person there. Who would have thought. All around me are women in lovely frocks (I even stopped one on the escalator to ask where she got her frock from – to Nick’s mortification!), matching […]
Click here for a full portionRed pepper and tuna roly-poly skewers (Keto, GF)
I made these for my and Johanna’s rather fabulous “happy blogday” party a couple of weeks ago. I am not a canapé person by inclination – my eye for detail is far too easily distracted ;-). So canapés are not usually something I would make – and besides, having helped Johanna when she catered a […]
Click here for a full portionNigella’s Bakewell slices & the Big Bakewell Taste-off
I have a confession: I had never heard of Bakewell tarts, puddings, slices or any other variant of Bakewell confectionery until I set foot upon these shores. Clearly the English who colonised my little bit of Africa were not from Derbyshire near the Peak District – this is where you will find the town of […]
Click here for a full portionBlogday Party
Just over two years ago, I took the plunge and moved from being a reader of blogs to being a real, live creator of a blog. Thanks to the user-friendly Typepad templates, the site was set up in the space of one Sunday evening and before I know it I had three posts up. And […]
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