Is there a difference between the food boys and girls are drawn to? (Perhaps we can leave an interrogation about the perils of essentialising gender identities to the end.) It’s a notion that gets bandied around this house quite a bit. “That’s girl food” is the retort that comes from The Hungry One. It’s usually […]
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Recipes, like people, don’t always arrive fully formed. I once thought that I would like to be a lawyer. My best friend was studying law. One of my grandfathers had been a lawyer. It sounded like a valiant thing to pursue. So I worked hard. I put a post it note of the mark my […]
For The Hungry One, life is better when there’s texture involved. He doesn’t mind it when things get crunchy. For me, there are few things that aren’t improved with the addition of hazelnuts. Risotto? Done. Roast chicken sandwiches? For sure. Granola? Absoloodle. The humble hazelnut is the equivalent of a night infront of a fire, […]
I’m not bad at wrapping presents. From the ages 14-17 I worked after school at Kenny’s Cardiology. NB Kenny’s had nothing to do with medical research. It’s a card and gift store. I became well equipped at pointing people towards blank sympathy cards. I knew when someone dolefully needed to find the special dedicated ‘belated […]
If you’re eating dinner at my house mid week- there’s every chance you’ll be facing this for dessert. I’d like to introduce you to my emergency, DIY, deconstructed cheesecakes. These came from a day when I had every intention of making a berry cheesecake to crown a meal. There was Philadelphia in the fridge and […]