I had the day off today, which meant it was a day to go exploring interesting food shops! After I went to that cheesemaking workshop, my father mentioned that his grandfathers both used to make cheese (and that, in fact,…
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Recipe: Too Tired To Cook Veggies and Cheese on Toast
Tomorrow is my RDO, and I have every intention of spending it sleeping, because the last few weeks have been brutal. It isn’t that I don’t enjoy socialising, but it has been pretty relentless, both at home and at work.…
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Recipe: Rosy Berries with Mascarpone and Yoghurt
Apparently, raspberries, blackberries and roses are all part of the same botanical family. You can sort of tell, if you are paying attention – they bicker over who started it, embarrass each other in front of boyfriends by loudly anticipating…
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Recipe: Chocolate and Raspberry Truffle Cake
I know, I know, it’s chocolate and raspberries again. I have no imagination. But it’s such a delicious flavour combination! This cake was made on the rather flimsy excuse of the recent Rugby World Cup. We had a tipping competition,…
Organisational Cooking
Those of you who read this journal on a regular basis may have noticed that I am rather fond of cooking. And of course I am. What I am less fond of, I must confess, is the boring days when…
Grandiose Gardening Plans
Another week with very little blogging, this time because I’ve barely been home – since last Sunday, I’ve either had dinner guests or been out myself every single evening (including this evening, in fact – yay, paid singing gig!), and…