Sometimes you need an incentive to think outside the box and move beyond the obvious. I’m the sort of person who’s always better motivated with a carrot than a stick. (The orange post it notes flapping on the perimeter of my lap top are testament to that. Recent example; Australian or UK residents for tax […]
In the kitchen
A gratin (or plain old potato bake if you prefer) is the edible equivalent of a pair of sweat pants you can wear down to the shops. It’s lazy and relaxed, yet also manages to be just smart enough for company (as opposed to pyjamas). It’s a glorious muddle of dairy and white stodge, gussied […]
Multitasking. It’s a funny sort of thing. Perhaps it’s hard wired into the X chromosome. The ability to remember we need milk for breakfast, birthdays, devise and source suitable presents, organise council tax, and print out exact paperwork for visas and boarding passes before shuffling ourselves to the panoply of medical appointments that come with […]
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 […]
Olympic fever has morphed into phase two over here. Just like the steeplechase (surely one of the more absurd events out there), we’ve covered some hurdles and trudged through some water. We’ve found a new place to live. We’ve thrown off the shackles of sickness. And now we’re really embracing the fact that our adopted […]