As we start losing teams at this stage, I thought I’d better get a wriggle on and let you know some of the other things I cooked over the last few weekends. It’s been busy, and not at all successful. So this a double portion of baking today. I made croissants again, having bought new …
Tag: feelings
Appelvlaai
The national dish of the Dutch is an apple crumble pie. It's really indulgent; a rich pastry filled with apples and sultanas, cinnamon and sugar. The topping is traditional crumble, and it's baked.It is, as you'd expect, utterly delicious. We had it with vanilla ice cream, but it would work just as well with cream …
Food with a heavy heart
I'm writing this with a somewhat heavy heart. Today's dish is inspired by Iran. I used the recipe from the RAF cookbook which is a chicken dish with a yogurt dressing, lemony rocket salad, and lavash. This is served with a quick cooked flatbread. The chicken is marinated overnight in a mix of onions, yogurt, …
Alternative World Cup
Hopefully you saw my feelings regarding the forthcoming world cup, and the human rights track record of Qatar in both the building of the stadia and the use of migrant workers, as well as their treatment of the LGBTQ community. It doesn't sit well with me and I doubt I'm alone. So, an alternative world …
Long time no speak
Hello, it’s been a long time since I’ve been here, and I’m about to get up and running again. This is a kind of test post, with a picture, to start me off. I’ve got an exciting new series of posts coming up, so do stay tuned.
Reaching Out
I saw another terribly sad social media post not so long ago from someone who had a lost a former colleague to suicide, saying how happy that person had seemed, how they’d been coping, how they were a strong person and thus urging others feeling like that, to reach out. Sadly, it doesn’t work like …
Feelings
I don’t normally write about anything sensible, and certainly nothing to do with feelings or emotions, but 2020 has been bonkers so I think it’s OK to go off script a little. One of the reasons I don’t talk much about feelings and emotions is because I’m not very good at it, I struggle to …
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