Spot of cooking this morning. My sous chef was in the mood to get involved. We got things ready to make some mini baked omelettes and I let him choose what herbs to put in. He sniffed three pots and made his choice: basil. Mine too. The first herb I really remember choosing, loving. Yes, …
Category archives: Food
Ode to food
December. One blog topic out – time for a new one. This month, with food on many people’s minds (whether preparing to feed the five thousand, or just hoping for thirds), I thought I’d devote this month’s musings to ingredients. A different one each day. No, they won’t all cook up into a single dish …
Down tools
Perhaps I should begin with the candles. To light them, to pass my hands over them, and say a blessing. To cover my hair, and to declare ‘Shabbat Shalom’. Because I understand why Friday night is a thing of wonder, a night when rest begins, when time stretches into another day that also has its …
Dresser
Not snappy. Just beautiful, and off-white, and FULL: glasses, special crockery, everyday plates. And cookbooks? Did I mention the cookbooks? And the fruit bowls. And, currently, the money box for copper coins that, one day a year, disgorges its contents into something easy to carry so that I can trade them in for a money …
All together now
Weekend. No plans. It’s the best. Let there be downtime. But part of the downtime is not just time to yourself – it’s also time together. Now I tend to be a time on my own girl. That’s how I recharge. So quite a lot of the box of delights contents so far have been …