The movie: The dish: The reason: ‘They think we’re all gonna drown down here. But we ain’t going nowhere.’ There are plenty of forces of nature at work in The Bathtub; but none as scene stealing as Hushpuppy herself. It’s not the easiest thing being six, having an absent unwell father (no matter how whimsical […]
In the kitchen
What follows is a recipe that is both high achieving and remarkably low maintenance. The high achieving bit? Well, it might be about the multiple ways the life affirming spritz of lemon finds its way into this ever-so-simple bowl of carbs. For one, the whole fist-sized fruit (minus half its zest) takes a bath in […]
The film: The dish: The reason: Tehran in November 1979 wasn’t a terrific place for six American diplomats to be hiding out in the Canadian embassy. Thank goodness for CIA operative Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) and ‘the best bad idea we have’. A phony science fiction film scouting mission and a cluster of fake Canadian […]
We need to talk about the googling. It’s a kernel that germinated around the same time that we had a confirmed poppy seed aboard. If you’re a fly by the seat of your pants, let the wind take you where it may kind of person, then I envy you. If you’re the sort of folk […]
It’s that time of year again. And so it begins. The movie: The dish: The reason: Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) has not had a good year. What with the time in an institution, restraining order, balancing medication and managing the disappointments that come at 4 am when you finally reach the climax of ‘A Farewell […]