New life – Jersey Zoo, April 2012
Click here for a full portionRose syrup poached fig & pomegranate pavlova recipe
When I was about twelve, my mom had our bedrooms re-carpeted. I adored all the books of carpet samples that littered the house and spent hours poring over them, trying to imagine how each might look in my room. In the end, I announced my choice: a pale pink shag-pile carpet. Luckily, my mother was […]
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Vintage – Berlin, May 2012
Click here for a full portionChinese New Year, Hong Kong style with the School of Wok
I know my beloved T.S. Eliot said that April is the cruellest month, but sometimes I think he got his calendar mixed up. To me, January and February are the cruellest months – that wasteland after the excitement and anticipation of Christmas have worn off; when all the bills from the Christmas excesses are clamouring […]
Click here for a full portionChipotle, lime & tequila chicken fajita recipe
Bless the Brits. Ever since Thomas Cook chartered a train in 1841 to take a bunch of temperance campaigners from Leicester to a rally in Loughborough twenty miles away, thus inadvertently founding the package tour concept, the British have been eagerly travelling the world in the tender care of companies such as Thomson Holidays, First Choice Holidays […]
Click here for a full portionThe Real Greek, Westfield Stratford
Christmas shopping – who needs it? The massive crowds, the Christmas carols on repeat, the compulsive buying of stuff that the giver probablycan’t afford and the recipient probably does not want. Hellish. So you may well ask what on earth possessed me to grab my handbag and head for Westfield Stratford City on the first […]
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