Some new pictures for our walls
It’s been ages since we had pictures printed and the red wall is looking pretty bare. So the following should be arriving soon!
Fortune cookies
Surprisingly easy to make, fortune cookies are a tasty and lighter way to end a meal rather than with heavy petit fours. Also, there is a lot of fun to be had making up silly saying. Mine included such great sayings as – ‘Never admit defeat. Unless failure arouses the cute girl in accounts’ ‘You…
Update etc
Mondays are rubbish. I did actually write that line on Monday. And then was distracted by work related shenanigans and I am now coming back to you, my faithful blog. It’s been a long week, with a lot of overtime in it plus added stress and hassle because of a rather large project. In fact, from only…
Dinner club – the 70s spectacular – including spam fritters, kievs and vol-au-vents
It started really well. I was left alone to prep and cook for some of the afternoon and all of the evening. Liz, Simon and Matt went to the pub to give me some space. In hindsight, this was not ideal. They all arrived about 8ish and as the good hostess, I immediately made Liz…
The Clifton Kitchen – a tribute to Keith Floyd.
Last week, Simon and I decided to head out for a little time together where we weren’t cooking or playing with kittens. Initially we were going to the movies and having a nice date night but there were no decent movies on – even Conan was on too late for me. (ok, ok I know…
Bread making and books about bread
I have been baking a little bit lately, nothing exceptional but just generally very tasty, very delicious things. I’m trying not to bake too often as I generally follow a fairly low carb lifestyle. This River Cottage book is an excellent reference manual – it details nearly every type of bread and gives you an…
