It’s a traditional boxing day dinner I believe but we managed it on the 27th. It was delicious – salty meat, fresh asparagus and sweet cabbage all combining to be deliciously flavoured with a hit of honey & mustard from the jus. All entirely made by Simon. Gammon was straight in the oven (no boiling…

It was necessary, I was concerned that I might stick to the sofa. It was also beautifully cold and pretty. The river was almost totally frozen and you could see the debris along the top (bottles & plastic bags) as they just hadn’t sunk. The snow hadn’t melted either and it was beautifully white and…

Ended up drinking wine and eating curry with that demon woman Kirsten. Very evil. Excellent curry tho, you really can’t go wrong with the Raj on King street. And I am still dreaming about those bloody cheese & pesto straws.   Really easy to make. Purchase some puff pastry, a jar of pesto (I used…