Election week. The week of dawning horror for so many, and the realisation of nightmares. A week the world has lost a great songwriter. A week which will be emblazoned into many people’s memories, for one reason or another. A funny sort of week to start being filled with thankfulness again – to the point…
Chocolate is delicious, right? How much do you love it? I spent a long time not very keen on it, but it wasn’t until I succumbed to a dairy allergy (and subsequently turned vegan) that I realised I really rather like the indulgence of dark chocolate. One square, nibbled, so that the rich cocoa flavour…
Ignorance truly is bliss. The thought came to me as I snuggled with Neff on the sofa, watching MasterChef (his choice) and pondering the manner in which educating myself had ruined my enjoyment of cookery shows. It wasn’t even that I particularly WANTED to be vegan (having had a long and delicious love-affair with cheese, and…
Unlike the Son of God, my ‘Hot Cross Bunnies’ did NOT rise again. They didn’t even rise ONCE. Apparently I’m no good with yeast-based recipes (couldn’t tell you why – perhaps I need new yeast? I’m not one of nature’s little bakers, and it seems as though bready kinds of things are consistently beyond my…
When a friend puts out a crowdsourcing call for vegan appetisers and desserts, because she’s going to a ‘do’ and needs to arrive with one hand longer than the other*, you help, right? Even if you don’t know what you’re talking about (because you’re not a vegan). When said friend is a Princess, you respond…
Nearly everyone comes to us by gift-card at first. It’s okay – we understand. And it doesn’t matter, because we’ve rapidly built a crowd of regulars, who come time after time to taste the adventure. But I won’t bore you with hard-sell – you’re already through the door, and that’s the most vital step.
Ever since I learned that these delicious, German spiced-gingerbread biscuits existed, they’ve been THEE taste of Christmas. Since I learned how to make them, they’ve been quintessential. They go perfectly with a cup of tea and some Bach. I made some this week by special request (yes, dear sister, that was you) and since posting…
SO, my lovelies…last week I got all caught up in the mad/genius idea of ‘selling’ my writing in return for donations to your favourite cancer charity, and an incredible FOURTEEN people bought into the idea, which made me very, VERY happy, and made you guys ROCKSTARS in my eyes (cos everyone was completely and supportive…
There are times when competitiveness is a really good thing. I think. Maybe. All I know is that I suffer from it A LOT (Do I? Do I really suffer? Maybe somewhere deep in my soul it would fall into the stuffed-to-bursting category of Things Which Are Not Good For Me, but I don’t suffer.…
One of the things which rapidly got me hooked into the wonder that is the Wakefield Doctrine personality theory, is how uncannily accurate its creator had me pegged (1). As a self-identified clarklike female (a thinker, outsider and wonderer at stuff, who rarely wants to be the centre of attention but hates to be ignored)…
