Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Cooking in fiction

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I'm not a huge Anita Brookner fan, but her novels are slim - I like short books - and I'm enjoying A Start in Life though I don...
Sunday, 30 December 2012

A Norwegian novel & a knighthood

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I love the time between Christmas and New Year. It feels like the whole world is resting. A Norwegian friend told me about this novella: Th...
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Monday, 9 July 2012

Rhubarb

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Chopping rhubarb is utterly, bastard exhausting but it makes a lovely noise. And produces tons of water when you cook it (this, my first ti...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Gorgeous

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At the weekend, my nephews' village primary school won an inter-school football tournament, an unexpected victory.  I heard that one we...
Thursday, 9 February 2012

Three things

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Three things I've learned: Balsamic vinegar is a bastard if you spill it, you get an ice rink on your kitchen floor.   My new printer ...
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Sunday, 8 January 2012

Even

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Even a minor cut (slicing iceberg lettuce last night, hacked my thumb instead, blood on salad, had to throw some leaves away - my friends ar...
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Thursday, 8 December 2011

Soup

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I had possibly been a bit nippy in the bookstore, there was confusion with my Society of Author's discount, there was misunderstanding o...
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Sunday, 10 July 2011

Gorgeous

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My wee aunt's service was beautiful and simple, overwhelming too, I'm all cried out. A Catholic service just as my granny and gran...
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Friday, 31 December 2010

Rosy and not rosy

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I'm sorry if you got a Kindle for Christmas and wanted perhaps to download The State of Me - the e-book is still not showing on Amazon ...
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Tuesday, 16 November 2010

A very long post on balance & pain & beauty

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People tell me they enjoy this blog because it gets the balance of ME and non-ME right, how do I manage it? I'm not sure I know. My imp...
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Thursday, 21 October 2010

Scrambled

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I had no butter and made scrambled eggs with olive oil instead, horrible. Surprised I can even taste as I still have sinus headache, it is l...
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Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Eye talk

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Well, my (anterior) chambers may be deep and quiet, but the pressures are still fucked and I forgot to defrost the mince. I hate using the m...
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Monday, 5 October 2009

Bad thoughts

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I was thinking bad thoughts about someone and dropped my tuna on toast - beautifully sprinkled with paprika - on the carpet, fish-side down....
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Saturday, 15 July 2006

Good For Your Eyes

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My friend made a great North African dish, but I picked out the fresh tomatoes from the salad (I like tinned tomatoes but not fresh) and off...