I was a cook for a few years and in spite of the intense pressures that accompany such occupations, I loved it; still do!
I make mistakes probably more than the average chef; I sometimes miss a important part because I think that I know what I am cooking /doing..lol.
Anyhow the other dark and windy afternoon,I [...]
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As the weather gets chillier, soup becomes so appealing: a steaming, fragrant welcome to a warm home.
Mulligatawny — a mixture that originates with the Tamils of southern India — is such a great soup at this time of year. It’s spicy and slightly exotic, but is based on chicken broth, garlic and onions — ordinary [...]
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I love when the time reverts back to it’s, “proper”, time in the autumn.
Not that I don’t LOVE spring and summer(in fact they are my favourite seasons) but it is really nice to have the “extra” hour and to feel like one has more in sync with the actual geographical time.
Last night we didn’t change [...]
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We had a terrific thunder and lightning storm last night. It started around 7 pm after the sky went that strange orangey colour (which you know means a storm) and while it started, we had a gorgeous rainbow(a double ) at the same time…
Later it started to rain, at first just a tiny amount but [...]
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It has been predicted that we will have a very dry summer, and so far it seems true.
People lament this fact and indeed it is frightening because when it is so very dry as it has been, there is such a risk for forest fires.
But that is not what I am discussing here…but thinking back [...]
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