Eggxactly right for Easter.
Here it is: a riot of scattered eggs, chasing chicks and romping rabbits atop the stag’s head cake stand. This is my basic fruit cake
27/03/2024
Blog & Articles of Interest
Influencer-in-waiting!
You never know: tips from a blind cook might catch on. The new kitchen gadget is a keeper. For years, I’ve been making big celebration
27/03/2024
The Mouse Man cometh.
Home cooking. I must have done something good some time to have deserved my outstanding housekeeper, Karen. She has been supporting me for over 21
26/02/2024
King eligible for Blue Parking badge?
Three cheers for King Charles for telling us about his cancer. It’s taken enormous courage and bravery to acknowledge his diagnosis, the treatment and the
07/02/2024
As January draws to a close…
Hurrah! Massive congratulations to the sous-chef for completing his January “Run your Age” challenge https://youtu.be/8ZLHVwGfadE?si=ieiYynKIY3BuJWV2 for Age UK with a day to spare. Not only
31/01/2024
Treading carefully
Making progress. Good news: the hospital bed and all the other paraphernalia has gone back and, hurrah!, I’ve actually walked down the front path to
31/01/2024
January rambles
Hot stuff. The sous-chef is still pounding out his daily quota as he runs his age. Sponsorship welcomed at https://www.facebook.com/donate/268477082584179/ and all goes to Age
31/01/2024
Happy January
Running for Age UK. The sous-chef’s challenge for January this year: running his very considerable age. The combination of an old serious injury plus his
31/01/2024
Sixty years on.
Just finished Mickey Spillane’s book “The Snake” (published 1964). Staggering attitudes towards how men and women interacted: lantern-jawed, monosyllabic Mike Hammer resisting sex before marriage
31/01/2024