I’m a sucker for a horserace. I hate to gamble. I’m not a huge one for picnics. There’s nothing worse than coming to the end of a day and seeing girls with too many glasses of cheap fizz down their gullet, feather head fixings all askew and slingbacks dangling from their fingers. But there […]
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When the skies (metaphoric or otherwise) turn a little dark is it cake or a cocktail that you reach for? Sometimes it’s hard to choose. Introducing; the cocktail cake. This one’s inspired by a dark and stormy. Quick caveat. Things are good. Shining good. Stellar good. They’re good for many reasons. For one there’s […]
The second dessert in Oscars feast The film: The reason: Minny Jackson thinks fried chicken just tends to make you feel better about life. So does this chocolate pie. The social structures of 1960’s Jackson Mississippi may be difficult for modern audiences to swallow, but this pie isn’t. It’s a dessert that also plays an […]
Valentines Shmalentines. I’ve never gone in for it. In the early days it was because it would have clashed with the cloak of cynicism, black jumpers and soundtrack of Tori Amos I carted around. Each year February 14 meant; (cue a chorus of tiny violins, playing just for me) no cards in the sack at […]
I have a certain feeling for snow. When you wake up to this; you can’t help but feel like it’s Christmas. On Saturday afternoon the snow started dancing in the lights of Leicester Square. We chuckled at the sight of everyone panic buying- and then ducked into Tesco and made sure we had enough food […]