When facing the bounty of the great food markets of the world it’s easy to be overwhelmed – by the crowds, the choice and the endless cornucopia of samples. You might have come in search of simple trappings for a picnic- but you leave with a chaotic mash of things cloistered by brown paper and […]
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It’s done. The Apple Pie Bourbon is finished, the crabby snacks are gone. Another Oscars Feast for the year is done and dusted. This year, civility was the theme. Last year things may have got a little loose with the ‘not-so-silent’ The Artist inspired martinis. It might have been the novelty of the popping candy […]
Bear with me. This is not strictly food related, but it’s so terrific I hope you’ll get as much of a kick out of it as I did. It was a very grey, very blustery morning in London when I went to pick up the post. I was dragging my feet through the puddles. I […]
I have a theory about people who love cookbooks. Sure we enjoy the pretty photos. We like the recipes- though we’ll probably cook a maximum of five from each book piled up on our shelf. But what we want most, is a story. So apart from the fact that I don’t need to have 3 […]
If I had a backyard this would be number one on my Christmas wish list. Actually, I rephrase; if we were doing Christmas presents, this would sit as tip top of my desires. Except we’re not. We’ve recently entered into careful negotiations with the clan. For this year, we’re marked as in absentia (we’ll […]