A kitchen conversation What do I fancy? Cheese on toast that meltingly enveloping comfort. Ice cream bracingly headachy cold turning to creamy sweet. Bacon strong saltiness and fearless consumption of fat. Toast and jam crunchy, sticky, childish comfort especially dripping butter and cut into triangles. Biscuits oh, the siren call of the Hobnob illicit, delicious […]
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One of my favourite sounds is the silence that flops onto my table when heads bend over plates and forks get to work. The attention to the cook’s labours, the answer to hunger’s rumble. For a while the belly filling is the only thing until someone remembers that we’re not animals allowed to respond to […]
Things I think about ‘best before’ dates
Coronavirus: the education continues
Can you believe that it’s more than a month since we started this particular adventure? Back in early March we didn’t know what furlough, self-isolation, social distancing and PPE were. Remember? A different country. Well, we’re lucky to be healthy and adjusting to this life. And the education continues. Here’s what I’ve learned. Do not […]