Category: 365
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10 minute creamy mushrooms with cous cous
Chop up a few mushrooms, as many as you fancy. Chop up finely, half a clove of garlic. Rub some sea salt on it to grind it up a bit. Melt some butter in a frying pan, add a tablespoon of flour add the mushrooms fry a bit add a quarter of a stock cube…
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A House in the Sky, A Memoir of a Kidnapping That Changed Everything
At 18, Amanda Lindhout moved from her Canadian hometown to the big city, saving tips as a waitress to travel the globe. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a reporter. In August 200, she travelled to Somalia to report on the fighting – and was abducted. Her story illuminates…
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Happy families
Facebook can be very useful sometimes. Life changing announcements are as simple as a quick notification which is what I did with my pregnancy – I posted the baby scan and then everyone who wanted to ‘liked’ and commented. Well, that baby’s father is now part of our family and has moved in to live…
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Se7en Dwarfs, Wardrobe Theatre
“Sner” White has lived her whole life in the shadow of her Disney namesake who for generations let down feminism with her weak behaviour. Kicked out of home at 16 by an evil stepmother she became a sexy and strong police officer who is just a little overemotional. This weakness led to her dismissal from…
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Harrow v Eton and the local boys
An incredible picture that I just couldn’t help posting.
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Some useful and lovely book-blog links
Let Me Be Frank One of the most pleasant pieces I’ve read recently is this post called Appearing In Public by Let Me Be Frank. Author Sarah Laing writes “I am going to be talking with three grand dames of NZ literature – Stephanie Johnson, Charlotte Grimshaw and Paula Green.” First Lines The literary journal…
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The Best Sunday Roasts in Bristol
Looking for the best Sunday roast in Bristol is probably one of the loveliest past-times but it’s not really a Summery sunny-day kind of activity. For a while we used to go to the St Werburgh’s Sunday roast pop-up which not only made for a good walk from the city centre but was one of…
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Didn’t You Do Well
Possibly the most perfect cup of coffee this year. Park Row, Bristol http://www.bristol-culture.com/2013/03/26/didnt-you-do-well/ https://www.facebook.com/DidntYouDoWell
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A few coffees in July
Black Coffee at Hart’s Bakery Sometimes Hart’s Bakery is the best thing about travel. 12-July-2013 Coming back from holiday Here is where we were, it was a lovely place and we have a rather wonderful time – I forgot to take pictures of the coffees 14-July-2013 A Tuesday, last day before…
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Breakfast at Wallfish Bistro in Clifton
Two days ago, I had some black-looking thick and ugly mushrooms on toast at River Cottage Cafe. They were most unpleasant to look at with the grimy streaks they left on my place and weren’t exactly exploding with flavour. A week before that I had been served the most beautiful looking girolles on toast served…
Ephemeral digest 