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Quickie quichie with Boursin and how I embarassed Grandma in the Co-op 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
My grandmother was red faced and embarrassed. She’d just had her diction corrected by an eight year old. It’s not quitch-y grandma, it’s keeesh. We were bustled away from the deli counter at high sp...
Pink Elephants on Parade and a trip to Whipsnade Zoo 21 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
On taking Ted to London Zoo back in 2010, I asked him before we went in which animal he was most excited to see. “Elephants!” he replied. The animal he was most looking forward to see was elephants. ...
When a published recipe is plain darn WRONG 19 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Meet The Art of French Baking by Ginette Mathiot published by Phaidon. You know Phaidon books, they’re those big tomes in the manner of Silver Spoon that cover various cuisine comprehensively. Now I...
Lemon courgette pesto tart for hungry husbands 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
I’m trying hard to only put DSLR photos on this site whilst blogging family meals that were instagrammed over at my family food site Dinner With Crayons. But actually it was this shot above that did ...
May the Tapas Revolution commence! 13 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
There’s too much Italian food on the high street. Spanish cuisine has long been overlooked in the mass market (I won’t mention one certain Spanish chain restaurant as no one I’ve spoken to admits to l...
May the Tapas Revolution commence! 13 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
There’s too much Italian food on the high street. Spanish cuisine has long been overlooked in the mass market (I won’t mention one certain Spanish chain restaurant as no one I’ve spoken to admits to l...
Faster than a rocket shop? 12 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Have you ever been desperate for some grocery item and not been able to, or not had time to go out and fetch it yourself? Quite often when I’m working on a big project, I’ll be up against a deadline ...
Just look, just order, just wait, JUST EAT 9 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm
Scrabbling in drawers for takeaway leaflets is a nuisance. Being a tidy freak I’ve usually thrown them away anyway. Normally I scoot to one of the Chinese takeaways in Walthamstow Village. It takes 2...
Why does it always have to be lemon meringue pie? 8 Aug 2013 | 04:44 pm
It’s always lemon meringue pie, why is it always lemon meringue pie? Don’t get me wrong, I love lemon meringue pie to bits. I’m not as obsessive as Nigel Slater and his step mother in Toast (brillian...
Mini bakers clean up with Mr Muscle 7 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
I’d be lying if I said we were a messy household. My husband has inherited a cleaning gene from his mother and it looks like it’s been passed on to Ted too. We keep an old Mr Muscle squirter full of ...
