We didn’t have much in the apartment – I’d been getting to work early and getting back late and the thought of stopping to buy food was just too much. Crawl through rush-hour traffic and pull off the main road, then fight through shoppers and then try and get back to the main road? No [...]
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The weather had changed. It was blustery and rainy (and can you believe that this morning the weather forecast included the possibility of hail? Hail?? In August?) I wanted something that would make us feel happy. We needed comfort food… but not too comforting. It was still warm so I needed something that didn’t generate [...]
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Every country has some foods that are instantly recognised as being associated with it – for instance, in England it is going to be roast beef and Yorkshire Puddings, or maybe fish and chips; Japan is probably sushi. France? Maybe Foie gras or cheeses such as Camembert and Brie. Argentina is famous for its meat, [...]
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It was half way through the working week and it felt like it should be the end of the week. I got in from work, too tired to go to the supermarket on the way back and was desperately craving something tasty and filling to eat. Looking around the kitchen I found various bits… some ends [...]
Continue reading about Cheese and chorizo omelette…. Or, supper from scraps
I had a fancy for something tasty. Actually, what I really had a fancy for was our local takeaway’s Salt and Pepper Squid, which is probably the most delicious salt and pepper squid anywhere. And I should know – just ask the Bear. Wherever we go if I see it on the menu, I ask for [...]
You know how some days you just long for something different to eat? Perhaps the weather is getting you down or the work you are doing seems rather tedious and your mind starts to wander….. you feel hungry (oh, how often I feel hungry. Goes with the territory of being a greedy old thing, I [...]
As the Spring advances, I seem to be getting more lively, almost as if I am speeding up. I walk faster and I feel brighter and more alert. Must be the increased sunshine, I reckon. The same goes for my cooking. I am moving away from slow cooked food and wanting faster results. I want [...]
At long last the days are becoming brighter and the weather seems to be improving. Today at work I had the windows open as it was getting rather hot, sitting behind glass with the sun shining in. It’s time, I think, to start freshening up food…. making it lighter and more summery. Time, in fact, [...]
When I made the strange, but rather delicious, Tomatoey, from an old cookbook, it suggested serving it with roast meat. I always have, in my freezer, some game. Usually despatched by my brother and given to me so I have something ready to roast quickly. On the morning of the day that I was going to [...]
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