Yet another day spent doing nothing much except keeping warm. I made it to the library, through small flurries of snow and a wind like a skinning-knife. The temperature was a degree or so above freezing for the first time in a couple of days, but the wind more than negated that. Even in the middle of town, there was a lot less traffic than ( Read more... )

I've just prepared the third batch of rice pudding in ten days, having been struck with a craving for it when I was feeling ill last week. This is a modification of my mother's recipe, very rich and solid - the g-d says it is a bit like an Indian sweet. It's certainly a far cry from the standard version, which tends to be unpleasantly runny and ( Read more... )