There are good weeks and there are bad weeks. I had such high hopes for this week of plums. And so, from a poppy seed to the size of soft fruit, I’m now harbouring something inside big enough to build a little cubby for itself and hopefully strong enough to not worry about every day. […]
Archive for January, 2013
It’s all about the beef. Beyond the tango, the malbec, and keeping your eyes peeled for Eva Peron’s final resting place in Recoleta, if there’s one thing most people are keen to tick off in Buenos Aires, it’s beef. In that case, you need to start scouting parrillas. Parrilla; both the term for grill and […]
So, it seems we’ve graduated to sprouts. In the scheme of ‘Forty weeks of feasting’ (and yes, for those who missed it, there’s an even hungrier one on the way), we’ve moved past the diminutive stages of seeds and pulses, grapes and dates. Now it appears that I’m harbouring a sprout and it’s now […]
This is something I’ve been itching to write for a while now. Well, actually, I have been writing it. But it’s only a few folks with sharp eyes who twigged that something was up. It started with poppy seeds, swaddled in a loaf. They were no bigger than a full stop; small and dark, but […]
There are a few other things which find themselves onto a to-do-list for a visit to Rio. 1) Christ the Redeemer 2) The cable car up to Sugarloaf 3) Sunning yourself on Ipanema 4) Eating your body weight in meat at one of the churrascarias the city is famed for. 5) Drinking a few caipirinhas […]