Dressing For Dinner

On Sunday morning, as we were drinking coffee, and after I had finished painting my nails dark blue, I thumbed through a pile of books to fi...

I've been meaning to write about pizza for, well, for as long as I've been making it at home. Those first few times were sporadic. I...

Happy Valentine's Day.

When you're helping to organise a surprise 40th birthday party there are a few necessities... Balloons. Friends. Dancing. Cak...

I'm in a quiet office working on spreadsheets and taking a very short (sshhh) break to post this. I'm thinking about the weekend, ab...

I read 33 books last year. Starting with Room , ending with A Christmas Carol and enjoying, along the way, Tove Jansson , Hans Fallada , ...

Last year I made three jars of mincemeat, I chopped apples and stirred them together with dried fruit, candied peel, chopped almonds, suet, ...