I should practice a bit more of what I preach. I’ve been doing a swathe of radio interviews in Australia in the last week or so for the release of ‘A Suitcase and a Spatula‘. It’s been pretty entertaining trying to enact what I used to spend a lot of my previous life in PR […]
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Sometimes it’s wise to listen to your body. Yesterday I was trying hard to hear what mine was saying. I could have sworn in the afternoon it was muttering ”duck, duck’. I had an overwhelming urge to sequester myself in the corner of our local Chinese restaurant with a whole Peking glazed bird, a duvet […]
We’ve had our share of lists. But I think I’m going to start making a new one. It’s of things that one should not say to a pregnant woman. It starts with; ‘ooh, you’re really starting to look properly pregnant now, aren’t you? Not just like you’re really bloated!’ (That one came directly from one […]
Those who have read the blog for a while now will be well acquainted with the oatmeal squares that frame each photo. They’re bland, boring… safe. For those who haven’t guessed, it’s not a speciality prop from my extensive supply; it’s the the carpet adjacent to the window; up here in our castle in the […]
This is about a post plane trip meal. I’ve talked a bit before about what I feel like eating after a flight. Sometimes it’s a comforting roast chicken dish like this. Sometimes it’s all about the greens and beans. And after the most recent 28 hour commute from Sydney to London, it’s this. I promise, […]