We are about to head off for our Christmas dinner. While we are used to home-cooked meals on Christmas Eve - ham, turkey or roast beef were the usual suspects - several years ago we just…. stopped making Christmas dinner for the two of us. There were so many things we wanted to make, but [...]
Aaah, it’s that time of the year again. Snow on the ground, Christmas trees in living rooms and delicious cookies on every desk at work. Yes, it’s time for… gardening catalogues??
That’s right! As any home gardener knows, this is the time of year when the first seed and plant catalogues begin to arrive on your [...]
I have a soft spot in my heart for popovers, and I’m not sure why. I’m pretty sure I remember my mother (or maybe my grandmother) making them for dinner, usually as an accompaniment for a saucy main dish. (I think that they might have actually been Yorkshire puddings that we had, but they are [...]
I started this blog just for fun, and I’ve been extremely flattered at the attention it’s received. Along with the attention, though, have come the product offers.
Usually it’s a marketing firm, acting on behalf of a company, who is looking for someone to send free samples to. They do a few Google searches, find some [...]
Thanks for your patience! We’re back from our long road trip to the States, finally. It’s wonderful being able to see my family, but I’m happy to be home (and the cats are certainly happy to see us, too.)
One of the stops on our trip was to have Thanksgiving dinner with my mother’s family in [...]
