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Take 2 children and 1 adult, all chocolate lovers. Suggest an Easter egg colouring session, followed by a bit of photography. Oh yes, and add the promise of some nice chocolates to sample once the eggs are coloured and some photos are taken. What do you get?
What you get is good intentions quickly descending [...]
It would appear that Mother Nature is a tad pissed off. In a little more than a year we’ve seen a devastating earthquake in Haiti, unbelievable flooding in Queensland, the recent earthquake in Christchurch, and now the earthquake plus tsunami double whammy in Japan. Oh yeah, and the threatened nuclear fallout. And now the snow there, [...]
A few months ago, just as the great freeze was beginning, I attended a fabulous bloggers’ lunch in London with some new friends and not quite so new friends (I’m still a neophyte in this blogging world so it’s a bit early to consider fellow bloggers “old friends”). There were Meeta and Jamie (who had come [...]
The man and I recently had a long weekend away. Without children. Let me be a bit more specific – it was the first time since the boy was born over 8 years ago that we had been away without children. 8 YEARS. So our destination had to be somewhere a bit special, but not somewhere [...]
“Eat as many scallops as you like.”
When you attend a food event and that line is part of the opening spiel, you know you’re in for a treat! The event in question was called “Cook with Canada” and was sponsored by the Canadian Tourism Commission. Held at the fantastic L’atelier des Chefs in London, [...]
Happy Birthday to me Happy Birthday to me Happy Birthday to me-ee Happy Birthday to me
The girl and I wore posh frocks and straw hats…
On October 4 1968 I entered the world rather early in the morning. I guess then it’s quite fitting that 42 years later (to the day) I found myself [...]
I am often asked if I’ve always been into food, or if I’ve always liked to cook. Well, I know I’ve always liked to bake. I have many memories of baking with my mum or grandma when I was a child. As for cooking, I think I first sort of got into cooking was when I [...]
When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it’s not, ummmm, boy.
I don’t know if any of you remember Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey. It was a 90s phenomenon – books, greeting cards, etc. I [...]
Picture if you will a large house, a listed building no less, built in the first half of the 19th century. It was originally built to be the rector’s house – a very grand rector’s house. To one side is a walled garden complete with greenhouses, sunflowers and a very large cherry tree. In front of [...]
When I started this blog I really didn’t know what path it was going to take. Because my job involves food, being a foodie is more than just a passion on the side. It’s sort of an all-encompassing passion – one that needs to pay the bills as well! I’ve been asked whether my blog [...]
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