a very French tart
This week I happened to hear an interview with Chuck Close, considered to be one of the world’s greatest contemporary portrait painters. (more…)
#100happydays: chocolate peanut butter brownie molten pots
Have you heard about the #100happydays project? (more…)
kurt vonnegut and an almond rhubarb cake
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” From ―Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country. (more…)
chocolate and fig shortbread
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (more…)
homemade environmentally-friendly weed killer
You can make this weed-killer with ingredients straight out of the pantry. Speaking of which – my new pantry finally arrived and here it is…. (more…)
stilton and pecan shortbreads
“Maybe I should make a coulibiac of salmon with a whole salmon.”
chickpea and sweet potato curry
On the way home from Toronto today, I started thinking about what I wanted for dinner. I was longing for something healthy, homemade, and sensible after a few days of over-indulging in hotel and restaurant food whilst I was away in the big city. (more…)
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