When I mention the restaurant chain Giraffe to you, do you think of a sleek, funky space full of trendy young folk sipping gocktails and eating tapas? Or do you think of the Seventh Circle of Hell, full of shrieking children and yummy-mummies wielding their ankle-bashing pushchairs with the deftness of Darth Vader wielding […]
Click here for a full portionVilla Sjotorp and a mussel safari in Lysekil (West Sweden, Part 1)
Is it possible to feel homesick for a place where you have never lived? If you had asked me a week ago, the answer would have been an emphatic no. But that was then, before I had visited West Sweden. This is the first in a series of posts covering a Shellfish Journey to […]
Click here for a full portionNectarine & plum galette, and being remembered
Have you ever had the experience of meeting somebody and within minutes of parting thinking “what an amazing person- I want to see them again”? I don’t mean that heady feeling of a romantic connection with your heart all a-flutter and everything seen through rose-coloured spectacles – I mean in a totally non-romantic context. […]
Click here for a full portionSaturday Snapshots #164
Sparkly slippers, Dubai souks – August 2011
Click here for a full portionAtlantis The Palm, Dubai – a weekend to remember
I knew it was going to be hot. But like the Matrix you cannot describe extreme heat; you must experience it for yourself. And experience it I did as I stepped onto my balcony for the first time at the Atlantis Hotel on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. We had flown in rom London […]
Click here for a full portionHoney-roasted figs with Greek yoghurt – sweet simplicity
What is it with us humans? We spend a considerable amount of time, money and energy over our lifetimes acquiring. We acquire houses and cars that need maintenance and insurance and upkeep. We acquire clothes and shoes and jewellery that need cleaning and care and storage. We acquire books and CDs that take over […]
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