Is there anything more welcoming than an omelette and a glass of wine? To make an omelette is a life skill. Elizabeth David may have her detractors, but she was right about its steadying properties. I’ve been making a lot of omelettes lately. I’ve been teaching a goat cheese and basil version to my neighbour […]
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Oscarsfest continues, with the last of the snacksThe dish: The film: The reason: Where does life begin and end? Where is mercy? Are they eating mince for dinner again? These are some of the questions that dog Terrence Malick’s loosely plotted family drama/examination of our place in the universe. For some the appeal lies in […]
This is about my need for green. The last few weeks have included some capital ‘I’ indulgences. So when my body starts muttering about broccoli, I have the sense to know it’s time to listen. The muttering comes from the voice of reason inside. It has its own barometer. At the moment it’s whispering; ‘walk […]
A sunken soufflé I could say it was about the figs. There were dark, oozing figs at the market which looked like a bruise. I wanted to make them better. I could say it was about the 4/5ths of a log of goat’s curd skulking in the corner of the fridge, threatening to turn yellow […]
I think I’m getting old.So I’ve reverted to nursery food. The first epiphany on this matter drove me to buy wrinkle cream. It took the morning of my 29th birthday for me to realise that my forehead is now littered with crinkle cut depressions; postcards from decades of eyebrow raising. What can I say. I […]