As much as it is a joy witnessing your child learning to speak, and it is a joy, it comes at a price. The joy, it seems, is not entirely unmitigated. Joy and yikes! come in almost equal measure in fact. In particular there has been much joy at the occasional use of ‘please’ and ‘yanks’ … [Read more…]
It’s Saturday, so let’s play Saturday Caption… actually it is not going to take a genius (no offence) to work out what’s going on in the picture below. I also feel bound to point out that these are home-made chocolate chip cookies. Yet more photographic evidence of my steady decline into the ranks of the … [Read more…]
Recently I was very pleased to be asked to write a guest post by the talented Truffle of Cinnamon & Truffle* – the transatlantic food blog of choice at Bibsey Towers – who I would like to thank very much for having me on their blog. If you fancy a tale about food and childhood you can … [Read more…]
So, the last time I wrote about my adventures in the kitchen it was spring. I must have been trying to impress you. I still am. Hence the following rather mundane blog about my CAKES. I have made cakes. Two cakes in less than a week. Chocolate (Mr B’s Birthday cake with chocolate icing) then … [Read more…]
