Bear with me. This is not strictly food related, but it’s so terrific I hope you’ll get as much of a kick out of it as I did. It was a very grey, very blustery morning in London when I went to pick up the post. I was dragging my feet through the puddles. I …
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I have a theory about people who love cookbooks. Sure we enjoy the pretty photos. We like the recipes- though we’ll probably cook a maximum of five from each book piled up on our shelf. But what we want most, is a story. So apart from the fact that I don’t need to have 3 …
If I had a backyard this would be number one on my Christmas wish list. Actually, I rephrase; if we were doing Christmas presents, this would sit as tip top of my desires. Except we’re not. We’ve recently entered into careful negotiations with the clan. For this year, we’re marked as in absentia (we’ll …
There’s lots to like about about Helsinki. For one, the Finns are outrageously polite (potentially something that goes hand in hand with being one of the least corrupt countries in the world). There’s more Marimekko than you can poke a stick at. And the coffee is very good. Which makes sense for a country where …
I have no idea how it got to be November so fast. I’m sitting here dressed up, too-early. I put a frock on too early because I was excited. Birthdays will do that to you. This year the number doesn’t have a zero, but there have been plenty of ‘oh’s’ over the last 12 months. …
