Happy New Year! Just enough time to keep up the daily post. It’s also time to start a new theme for January. This month it’s all about those moments of connection when we read a.k.a. everything I know I learned from books. I like the notion of the autodictat: someone who teaches themselves. Some people …
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Blackcurrants
Last post of the year. Three months and writing. And actually a whole lot of blog reading too. My ideas for writing are increasing all the time. But in the meantime, there’s a series to finish: and blackcurrants to contemplate. Blackcurrants. Ribena. Fruit pastilles. Jam. For me, they are the flavour of childhood: the one …
Raspberries
Home straight. Two posts to write. A month full of food posts – joined, funnily enough, by what feels like a month full of food in real life. The fridge is still full. Time for something lighter to finish up on: raspberries. I had a glance back at the original list of post ideas. Most …
Pasta
Need to soothe the troubled breast? Need a break from all that turkey? Need a way to settle grumpy children? It won’t make you a cup of tea, nor do your tax return, but pasta otherwise has a pretty good record for fixing the ills of the world. We had a gale force five grump …
Mayonnaise
When there’s still a mound of cold meats to get through, post-Christmas, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters will ensure plenty of fun, but also rather a lot of melted marshmallow. So settle for the professional: mayonnaise. Ah, good mayo, how I love thee. Particularly with chips. It’s a good European habit, and one I intend …