I was thinking about comfort food this week. I was thinking about the food and dishes I would write about while I was making a sandwich for my lunch. A sandwich! I had never thought of a sandwich as comfort food before. But I noticed how carefully I was selecting and preparing my ingredients, greedily[…]
Have you tried a food-box yet? You know – a box containing recipes and all the ingredients you need to make one or more meals for two or more people? If you haven’t, well I’m going to tell you what you are missing. Or what you will have to miss if you only want a[…]
Some of the most popular stories, because we can all relate to them, are ultimately about ‘home’. For example, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz trying to get back home to Kansas; ET trying to get back to his home planet; the Starship Enterprise trying to return to earth; Peer Gynt travelling the world only[…]
A few weeks ago, the weekend after my birthday stared blankly up at me from the pages of my diary. Nothing arranged! No meet-up with a girlfriend for coffee or lunch. (I don’t do everything on my own! I do have friends.) No cinema or theatre trip, either of which could have been alone OR[…]