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9 hours ago
Lunch - one word, many meanings
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." Douglas Adams I think this particular painting - just snatched from Google Images - probably...
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3 days ago
A waste not, clean-up kind of day
"the sort of cooking that allows the cook, quite justifiably to feel rather pleased with themselves." Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall It's a...
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Feb 11
February - beginnings and endings
"the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end of it they would die if they...
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Jan 30
That other problem
"Of course, you could wait to eat until after the sun goes down, if you have the backbone." Zoe Williams/The Guardian This is a problem...
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Jan 29
A problem of peaches
"Green fruit doesn’t mean bad fruit." Emma Laperruque/Food 52 I don't think I'm going to have much to say today because time is running...
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Jan 20
To plan or not to plan
"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see." Winston Churchill I have a busy week ahead of me: a...
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Jan 17
Behind my pantry doors
"a well-stocked pantry – a grand word for some precariously stacked shelves and rodent-proof storage boxes." Felicity Cloake It was...
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Jan 3
Seasonality - over there and down here
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own." Charles Dickens On the left is the first picture in my new diary for...
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Jan 2
The fish question(s)
"When customers ask for sustainable seafood, restaurants and retailers begin to seek and demand sustainable options from their suppliers....
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Dec 29, 2024
Same old, same old ... hiatus
"Downtime is where we become ourselves, looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass or sitting on the stoop...
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Dec 15, 2024
So Christmas is coming ...
"Humans need fantasy to be human, to be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape." Terry Pratchett The quote above...
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Dec 14, 2024
Origins and evolution
I've been thinking a bit about those questions I asked about mantı yesterday - who on earth thought of making such tiny complicated...
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Dec 11, 2024
The cheese board
"When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?" George Carlin The inspiration for this particular post, although I have thought...
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Dec 10, 2024
Why is distressed so loved?
"Indulge in noncommittal decorating" Domino Last week I treated myself - I think I told you - to three new cookbooks. One of these was...
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Dec 5, 2024
Who are these people?
"I know of three reasons that people go to coffee houses: to drink coffee, eat pastries, and socialize." Martin Bayer/Quora On Wednesday...
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Nov 29, 2024
The heritage of Australia's Ottolenghi
"And this, I think, is the key: whatever the motivations for wanting to change one's diet, for us, first and foremost, food has to be...
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Nov 28, 2024
Poor shopping = dinner challenges
"Nothing good will come from getting too fancy with these greens. They bask in simple treatment and become shy when long lists of...
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Nov 27, 2024
One thing after another
"They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them." A. A. Milne I know it's been a long time without a post,...
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Nov 18, 2024
I forgot the Faroes
“The Faroese food, especially the fermented food, is something you keep to yourself, You eat it, but only if no one is looking.” Poul...
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Nov 12, 2024
A dessert problem - vegan
First problem - what picture to choose to attract you to read? I shall be mostly talking about vegan desserts and the difficulties...
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