Paging Delia
Ages and ages ago, I suggested starting a new running series of posts: Poll Questions I’m Going To Regret. And then, of course, didn’t do anything with the idea. But, as I want your help, it’s time to...
View ArticleBah
The other Thursday, I asked you for suggestions on cakes to bake for my birthday. Unfortunately, any sort of birthday baking might be off the menu. The oven’s broken. Only one side of it heats up,...
View ArticleRavens (part one)
Now I’ve told you about all these posts I had planned, I’m worried that you’re going to be all disappointed when you actually read them. As disappointed as the mother was today, when she took the...
View ArticleErgonomics
There are little routines you get practised in. Little things you do automatically. Taking things in and out of the oven, for example. Oven glove on one hand, open door with the other, stand back from...
View ArticleMissing
Talking about pets: the cat has vanished. Not near home, either. The mother was taking him to the vet, on Monday, in his cat box. She was a few paces away from the surgery – a mile or so from home –...
View ArticleAn experiment
Back in the days when I was a student, ten years or so ago,* I would be quite experimental in the kitchen. I’d try things out, new recipes, experimental recipes. Sometimes they worked, sometimes they...
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Tiramizoo
As people have been asking, here’s the cake that K’s very kindly made me for my birthday. I haven’t actually tasted it yet – as I write this it’s sitting in the fridge – but as all of K’s cooking is...
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