I managed my first proper roast dinner this year! When I’ve said this to others, they always tell me that a roast is easy. But with timings of potatoes and veg to add to the equation, I was never sure I would manage to make it work out at the right time. As a former …
Category archives: Food
Watching the match at the pub
Another first for the year – watching the Portugal v France World Cup game at a bar in Glasgow, while the World Cup was on. I co-run an induction course  every July: two days to prepare people for working abroad. We hold the course at the University of Glasgow, so there’s a chance to try out the student …
Gherkins are good for stress
What does your workspace say about you? Mine has a postcard in Polish, claiming that gherkins are good for stress. I haven’t actually tried eating them at work. But probably it’s just the sight of a silly postcard, and a link to Poland, that cheers me up. I work in an open plan environment, which …
…and the first mince pie!
Yesterday we went to a Christmas Fair at our local Church of Scotland, just across the street. At 50p entrance which included tea and biscuits, a bargain afternoon’s entertainment! Sadly, we didn’t win anything in the raffle, but we came away with home made jam and cakes, plus a few more second hand books for …
Raindrops on roses…
I have no objection to whiskers on kittens either. But the coffee pot going on on a Saturday morning, that is indeed one of my favourite things. Channel 4 can get away with a top 50 of programmes on an almost weekly basis, it seems. I don’t think cyberspace needs these from me as well, …