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Apr 18, 2023
How I learnt to shop for food
"You know you are in love when the two of you can go grocery shopping together." Woody Harrelson An interesting idea but not really what...
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Apr 12, 2023
They say I'm a good cook - but ...
"You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking." Julia Child...
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Apr 5, 2023
Shreds
"a strip of material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger." Oxford Languages...
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Mar 24, 2023
Breaking my own rules
"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it." Henry David Thoreau For the last few years I have made myself a little set of...
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Mar 15, 2023
The wood from the trees or the trees from the wood?
"If you can't see the wood for the trees, it's time to go and find a beach." Sally Claridge Teixeira Now there's a thought, and not...
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Feb 28, 2023
Fear of failure
"Relax into the rhythm, release any expectations of perfection or outcome. Go with the flow, take a breath, and remind yourself: I've...
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Feb 25, 2023
Everyday creativity = happiness
"Creativity is a matter of perspective" Anon I have been feeling a bit down this last week for a whole number of reasons, not the least...
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Feb 24, 2023
A shopping list story
"It’s the poetry of the everyday, open to interpretation.” Lucy Ireland Gray The other day I had one of those random conversations in a...
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Feb 20, 2023
Lessons from a family feast
“If you can eat with mates or friends or family, I mean, it's such a brilliant thing isn't it? If you feel really rubbish and you have a...
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Feb 6, 2023
Life - it takes up your time and so does the internet - so we give up
"It’s hard to give information without using some words along the way." Cadry Nelson It's a bit late in the day now so this will be...
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Jan 29, 2023
Nostalgia and the 'caff'
"I’m really genuinely terrified that we are losing for ever the caff. And I mean that very specifically: the caff not the cafe ......
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Jan 26, 2023
A moment in time for Heston ... and me
"I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge,...
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Jan 22, 2023
Party life
“Here’s to the nights we don’t remember and the friends we won’t forget.” The Hangover I have no idea where the idea for this post came...
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Jan 20, 2023
A 46 year-old bottle of wine
"Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of...
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Jan 16, 2023
Noma, Harry, OTK ... what do they have in common?
"Exposure and attention make a work famous - the more you talk about it, the more attention it gets, the more validity it achieves." ...
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Jan 3, 2023
A glass of wine
"Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere." José Andres A few random thoughts on wine inspired from a frame in...
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Dec 31, 2022
2022 resolutions - failed again
"I have learned a few strategies for making new year resolutions: keep them simple, tell as few people about them as possible and do not...
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Dec 27, 2022
Dinner on 9 June 1979
"You are going to love this : I unearthed the menu you served on 9 June 1979" Wendy Wendy is a friend from long ago, and now a faithful...
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Dec 21, 2022
Excess
"You can’t just push the door and walk in; no… here you ring a bell, and wait for the door to be opened and for you to be greeted. It...
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Nov 27, 2022
"Classics are the classics for a reason"
CLASSIC: "accepted or deserving to be accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind" Oxford Dictionary "having a high...
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