Last week was, quite frankly, a horror. I started with a long three days in Paris: as always it was a pleasure to spend time with colleagues and friends out there, but it was also exhausting, and I picked up a bug before I left. Being so tired when I returned to London, of course […]
New recipe
Crab and chilli with homemade tagliatelle
As I may have mentioned (boasted) in previous posts, Andrew has been making very heavy hints about wishing for more pasta to feature on our menus … by buying me every conceivable piece of pasta making kit to attach to my beautiful KitchenAid. Not that I am complaining – I love pasta, and I love […]
Buzzing on (free) coffee
There were several reasons why I started this blog, most of them detailed in my first post, but I must admit that there was also a little greedy part of my brain that hoped I’d be sent free things to eat and drink, and maybe one day it would give me the opportunity to write […]
Meal planning Monday – 10 March 2014
It’s a week which is going to have to go pretty much unplanned: I am in Paris with work on Monday to Wednesday, so at the mercy of Eurostar, the staff canteen, and whatever I can find near my hotel for dinner. Just looking at my diary, I am not sure I can plan anything as […]
Meal planning Monday – 3 March 2014
It’s that time of week again for meal planning Monday, and this week is quite an easy one for me because Pancake Day falls on Tuesday. Whoopee! Pancakes are one of my favourite things to eat, and this year I am planning a ham and cheese concoction for my savoury buckwheat galette, and then the […]
A St David’s Day feast of Welsh goodness
I am not Welsh. Well, officially I am a quarter Welsh, as my maternal grandmother was born in Aberdare (although she didn’t sound Welsh, and the only Welsh-ness I really remember from her is her love of Neil Kinnock). Plus my boyfriend is 100% Welsh, despite being born in Ipswich (he says he was born […]
Foodie penpals – February 2014
It’s that time of month again for foodie penpals, and I was a bit concerned that I might not receive my parcel this month, but the package from Emma at Food and Drink Glasgow arrived just in the nick of time this afternoon. As usual, I told my penpal that apart from mushrooms, rocket and […]
Meal planning Monday – 24 February 2014
What I discovered after doing my first ‘meal planning Monday’ post last week is that I am very good at planning my meals, but not always so good at sticking to them. That’s because life seems to conspire against me and I end up having to re-jig my plans – that’s life though I guess. […]
Nigella’s chocolate molten babycakes
My mum’s birthday was on 9 February, which this year fell between me flying back from Sri Lanka and her flying out to Grand Canaria. As a consequence, we only saw eachother this week – although that worked out well as we had the chance to share our holiday experiences and for me to give […]
Meal planning Monday – 17 February 2014
Just came across this meal planning Monday blog with Mrs M and it appealed to my list-making nature. Of course, I have been known to plan meals for an entire month (oh, the joy of all those lovely lists), but I’ll restrict myself to just one week here. I am still feeling the need for […]