There comes a time when you have to ask. ‘How many recipes for a blueberry muffin do I really need?’ The answer is; one. And I’m pretty sure this is it. A bad muffin is a sad thing. They can be oily on the fingertips, bloated and blousy with flour, or sodden from an enthusiastic […]
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Sometimes you need a makeover. Not a Biggest Loser style job, with bouncing blow dries, mink eyelashes and stripper heels. There’s no need to drastically be cutting or shearing anything. I’m talking about just a few little tricks and tips to gussy something plain into something a bit more special. There’s a bit of transformation […]
Today feels a little like Boxing Day. It’s that day after the festivities, when your feet still burn from standing on hard tiles in the kitchen prepping platter after platter of food. When you’re brain is dry and muddled, leached of conversation from hours of interaction. When exhaustion threatens to pull you under, but […]
Tomorrow is a big day. I’ve been just a little caught up in preparations for the book launch. It’s a modest thing, in a bijoux sized, independent book store and cafe; ‘Books for Cooks’ in Notting Hill. The sun has finally peeked out in London, so I’m hoping some of us can spill out […]
Some days, are shockers. There was a great book that my mum and dad used to read to us when we were little; ‘ Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day‘. “I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out […]