This was initially drafted for consideration for the book. You might be relieved to discover it’s not making the cut. It might be because the introduction refers to a dog with a skin disease, which is probably the last thing you want to read in an escapist tome about food and travel. It might be […]
Archive for August, 2012
This is childhood comfort, wrapped in a swaddle of filo pastry. It’s food for crummy days spent cleaning out cupboards and trying to persuade your scanner to work. It’s also perfect for when you remember that part of moving involves defrosting the freezer. I’m not sure about you, but it’s a dark exploration in there. […]
Art may be food for your muse, but a solid feed as a side order never goes astray. And it certainly helps sweeten the deal when corralling co pilots for a cultural excursion. There’s no shortage of great spaces and creative places in London. The Tate, National Portrait Gallery, Victoria and Albert, etc etc. Though […]
There are things that divide people. There are the cheesecake eaters, and the non cheesecake eaters. There are those who enjoy the acrid twang of Vegemite. And there are those who believe in men with vans. In the midst of jumping on bouncy castle renditions of Stone Henge, heading out to see the men’s wrestling, […]
Cookies are good. Home made, cookies with proper heft and chew are even better. A chewy cookie means fewer crumbs. It means it’s easier to squirrel one off to bed with you with a cup of tea, without leaving a tell tail trail of evidence. Cookie-in-bed days can sneak up on you. Like mean reds […]