True confession, and I think we better get it said and out of the way. I would hate for you to hear it from someone else, after all this time we’ve spent together. So,….
It continues ….read more on Ancho Strawberry Preserve, for Week 4»
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July 15th, 2010
When my 7 year old daughter talks about Nigeria and going back, one of the things on the top of her list is Suya. My 4 year old doesn’t remember the absolutely delicious bits of spiced beef on sticks, cooked over hot coals by specialists – men from the northern part of Nigeria, where this is their trademark. Suya is one of those things which Nigerians in diaspora miss, just like the Dutch yearn for dropjes and stroopwaffels! And if you dig further, you’ll find most people have jars of suya spice in their pantries. I got my mum to bring me a small sack of the stuff which is stashed in the deep freezer!
It continues ….read more on Daring Cooks go nuts in July: Nigerian Suya & nut butters» July 13th, 2010
Every summer I’m infatuated with one stone fruit or the other: last summer it was plums, encouraged by a killer bargain I explored their use in various ways; this year its peaches. Next year just might be Apricots, who knows!
It continues ….read more on Cooking with fruit: Peaches» July 11th, 2010
It continues ….read more on Week 3: What we ate» July 10th, 2010
We journey to a place
Bringing pieces of our heart with us
And as we make our way through
We discover yet another new place
We wish to journey to.
When we leave
We take a piece of the land
And plan our next journeys
To a distant land
So it was that I discovered Trinidad in Barbados
And now long to travel there
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Welcome to the Ackee Tree, the home of the 1 pound roti. Finally, after months of promising this review, here it is! Vex not dearies, I say better late than never. Actually, looking at the photos, I can’t believe it was so long ago we went! I want to go back now! It continues ….read more on The Ackee Tree Restaurant, Barbados» July 5th, 2010
My guide to messy eating The first time I wrote this piece, years ago it was a guide on how to eat huge profiteroles without covering your face in cream.This weekend, past, it translated into ‘How to eat a hamburger with all the trimmings….and no burger buns’. Don’t get me wrong, I love bread but the soft, sesame-studded buns are not on the menu just yet. And though I could very well have left the burgers alone, I wasn’t going to let my first ever celebration of Canada’s Independence pass by unmarked.
 So, loving success, celebrations and the perfunctory food that must follow, here is my advice on how to eat anything especially messy things, charmingly:
It continues ….read more on Week 2: What we ate» July 2nd, 2010
Just got a bike. As in a bicycle, three years after living in the Netherlands.
Flat country and all, I’ve never been motivated to ride.
This is a third stage in my life, cycling
The first was as a child when our Choppers brought so much joy
Then I had a bike at University and rode it once when I was in Donegal, in the west of Ireland.
Once and that was it – 10 years ago.
When we moved to the Netherlands, everyone expected us to get bikes.
This flat country where a hill is a mountain, to a Dutchman.
Well, we didn’t then.
I was super comfy walking, driving or hopping on the bus
But something changed this week past
And we – husband and I got bikes.
It fits perfectly with our drive to get healthier
And to lose weight
And so I’m glad
In any respect, I consider it an investment
Even with my aching bum and legs
An investment in our future
And our health
So I’m glad I got my bike
I say better late than never!
It continues ….read more on Better Late than Never, Fennel & More» June 29th, 2010
The kumquat is of the genus citrus Fortunella sensu stricto and cousin to other citruses – oranges, lemons and limes sensu lato.
Its name might lure you into considering a friendship, if not familial bond with that other homophone of a fruit, the loquat but fear not, they have no ties that bind unlike its relationship with the limequats, a hybrid of key lime and kumquat.
It continues ….read more on On Flavoured Oils: Kumquat Oil» June 27th, 2010
On Blame
We look everywhere else
But at us
Pointing fingers
At her
Him, they and them
So it was
One sunny afternoon in London
Sitting in a boardroom full of women
Listening to stories of progress
And how to get ahead
It continues ….read more on Week 1: What we ate» June 24th, 2010
I am busty
Very busty, it makes me look fat
Don’t blame me
Blame my Grandmother
On my Dad’s side
She gave me
Her Breast DNA
It continues ….read more on Butternut Squash Revealed» |
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