My niece turned four last week, which means that she is of a suitable age for Women’s Weekly-style birthday cakes. Alas, however, my niece is also at a stage in her life when she is kind of opposed to eating…
A while back, one of my Professors welcomed me back from long service leave with a copy of Deceptive Desserts: A Lady’s Guide to Baking Bad, by Christine McConnell. I was particularly taken by her recipe for Screamberries, and my…
Squeezing in one last post before I go, in between madly writing about tiny political parties and finishing my last Paris story before I actually go there… As I think I mentioned earlier, I recently turned 40, and also Shakespeare…
Hello! I’m not really back, but since Eurovision was this morning (so early this morning), and Eurovision has always counted as a Food Blog Anniversary for me, it seemed timely to give you an update. I’m actually feeling a lot…
A couple of years ago, Diana Henry put out a book called Salt Sugar Smoke, which is all about preserving things. I’m terrified of preserving things, because my kitchen is always full of dirty dishes and I’m convinced that no…
It lives! Once again, I am emerging briefly from the insanity that is my work this year to give this whole blogging thing another try. I suspect that this will be a one-off again, as my next event is only…
Well, 2014 certainly got away from me. There’s no doubt about that. Not that it wasn’t an excellent year in many respects, but I certainly felt as though I was holding it by the tail of its shirt and running…
Hooray! We finally returned to the land of Shakespeare! And what a fine, strange, land it is! As You Like It is definitely one of Shakespeare’s sillier comedies, which I attribute to the fact that he was doing his level…
When we left our intrepid heroine, she was still exploring the wonders and perils of Darwin. Will she be eaten by crocodiles? Will she break her leg again? And, most importantly, will her hotel have hot water…?
Last weekend, I was invited to a Yule celebration at the home of one of my friends from work. It was an amazingly fun evening (I think I could become addicted to the werewolf card game, even though I’m fairly…
