I aspire to be the kind of person who needs two loaf tins.

I am, however, the kind of person who needs three cooling racks.

ETA: in fact I now own 5 cooling racks.


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For various reasons I've tried a couple of internet post-you-food services recently, and I thought I'd report back...

GoustoThis is a proper meal-in-a-box affair, I got it because I felt like treating myself over Christmas and I had an offer code to make it half price, which made it a cheap and easy way of getting all my Christmas-break-alone- ( Read more... )

Today I went to the Haymakers to eat their excellent pizza-with-all-the-chili and drink rum, because MS meds may make lots-of-chili impossible and will definitely make spirits-with-meals impossible. Not that I normally drink spirits with meals, but, principles ( Read more... )

Why I love my garden (even though it's not what you'd describe as neat):
* apples
* pears
* greengages
* apples again
* raspberries
* blackcurrants
* redcurrants
* strawberries
* elderberries
* sage
* thyme
* marjoram
* chives
* bay
* lavender


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The 4rd week of Jan, I finished off lectures for the masters course, and started on the assignments. This is a lot less hectic than last year! I'm glad I'm doing 1 fewer module. Also I (intentionally) dyed a lot of underwear red/purple ( Read more... )

The first in a series of stuff what I made over Christmas/new year.

Here is our frankly awesome (if non-traditional pink) Christmas cake:


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I was just investigating Hotel Chocolat for Christmas treats, and discovered they're selling off their Halloween stuff cheap, and oh, but I am their target market ( Read more... )

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm


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I made quiche! It came out really really well. To this recipe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/quichelorraine_85455 but with wholemeal flour and extra veg (onions, garlic, kale in the main filling, broccoli pushed on top afterwards) and I accidentally put 2 egg ( Read more... )

Our veg box people (Cambridge Organic Food Company, www.cofco.co.uk) are running an offer in September whereby new customers can try a veg/fruit/mixed box for half price. http://www.cofco.co.uk/news/organic-september.html for details. I thoroughly recommend them, they ( Read more... )