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How can I cure a picky eater?

April 25, 2011 By Ellen

Food, for me, is one of life’s joys. I’ve never understood pickiness, it’s all marvellous to me. A decade or so ago, I fully anticipated family meals of the future where my children happily tucked in to whatever tasty treat I’d rustled up, turning their noses up at breadcrumbed pap in favour of sophisticated flavours. […]

Filed Under: aspergers, food, taste, tasty.

Glamping – an intents experience

August 20, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from our Country House Hideaway weekend.It takes a mighty long time to warm up a hot-tub with a log fire, but once hot it will stay that way for a mighty long time. Mum and I were aiming for a glamorous G&T in the tub while the male members of the party […]

Filed Under: camping, family, holiday, other things I have learned, tasty.

Gorse flower wine, wild footballs and ice cream adventures

May 15, 2010 By Ellen

Other things I’ve learned today. Gorse doesn’t grow in Newfoundland. During a splendid walking, talking, pushing infants morning with sister Super Pharmacist (like Wonder Woman but wearing a white coat over her shiny knickers) we met a couple of Newfoundlanders. We were marching around the woodlands near the Falkirk Wheel and all was the livid […]

Filed Under: football, other things I have learned, tasty., things I learned from my children today

Out of the oven…

February 15, 2010 By Ellen

My name is Ellen and yesterday I bought a deep fat fryer. There now you know my latest secret. I’ve never owned one and only used one once while I was the chef on a luxury motor yacht. It was stormy and the whole frying thing was presented some less-common challenges at the time.In theory, […]

Filed Under: sharing a few secrets, snobbery, tasty.

A crunch issue on mumsnet

November 23, 2009 By Ellen

I settled down with interest to watch the mumsnet debate with David Cameron last week. It was a really unsatisfying experience. I sighed, unsurprised, and largely forgot about it. Then I saw that several papers decided that the Tory leader was ambushed by nappies as Brown got bombed by biscuits. It really gave me something […]

Filed Under: biscuits, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, tasty., Write Factor

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