Who’s heard this one: ‘leave something for Mr Manners’? Despite my mention of useful Men earlier in the week, this is not he. But I was reminded of this saying at work today, seeing the ‘polite’ remainders that people leave behind. We’re a very foody office. Although our work has a great Cause, people view …
Category archives: Food
Just a trifle
Chilly? Just a trifle. Our central heating boiler is playing up. We have a Man coming to fix it (our former landlady had a stream of little Men who came to fix different things…and no, not those kind of little men, and definitely not wearing green either). I have counted blessings as a way to calm …
Cutting and sticking
How to keep entertained on these long winter nights?  You could write long Norse sagas – and with “Beowulf” in the cinema, your time could have come here – or go for a little low-level entertainment with some cutting and sticking. Now lots of options for what you cut and stick. I’m not advising that you have to go full …
Sunday roast
You know the signs. Interest in gardening, cardigans, family history…among the list of signs that you are getting on. (Some of us have liked cardigans for a while, but we won’t dwell on that.) Perhaps one of mine is an interest in a little more tradition for the weekend, or something to mark the fact …
Seedy weedy seeds
Dear Mr Fischbacher, I am not trying to nick your song lyrics – in fact I listened to them again last weekend. But I need to overcome my fear of gardening. I know that the seeds may be seedy, but I fear I am weedy (the grass certainly is) when it comes to getting on …