This for the days when you’d do anything for a cocktail. When you need something in a flute with a delicate stem. When all you want is something the colour of a bridesmaid’s dress. Something that tastes a little… silly. New Years is one of those times. Surely I’m not the only one who is […]
Christmas
Let’s be frank about something. Brussel sprouts have a reputation problem. Most of the time they’re over steamed or boiled, which leaves them with all of the appeal of a soggy sports sock. This would probably be the time where I’d invoke some dry little anecdote about the brussel sprouts from my youth. Except they […]
At many tables in the following week across the world; this will play out. There’s a group coming around for dinner. It’s festive. Which means everyone should play nicely. In my past life, I spent two and a half years hunched in cold lecture theatres and over a laptop so I could get a […]
It’s a time for poppy seeds. This loaf, in particular springs to mind. One of the kick starts for this Croatian Makovnjaca came from my speakers and my soppy habit of listening to Simon and Garfunkel while I work. Yes, there were drops of rain (welcome to London in November). My thoughts were a little […]
These are good eggs. Not just because they’re small- and small things are indisputably cute (ref; babies, puppies, kittens, nieces, Nemo). Not because they’re a low carb pre dinner nibble that isn’t made from pigs or peanuts. And not because they’re a blank canvas that allows you to go crazy with flavoured salts (I haven’t […]