As a tradition, I have my parents and my brother and his wife over for Good Friday fish dinner. We made it lunch this year because of my little niece's sleep pattern. It's all the same if we have lunch or dinner; Good Friday is a public holiday ( Read more... )

So Mum made the turkey last Sunday. It was sublime. We'd expected the meat itself to be stringy and dry, but boy were we wrong. I've never had such tender and juicy turkey before (and I think I've learned to cook it to the point, just like pasta), but xebgoc tells me that's the way American turkeys are. We've never had an imported bird before ( Read more... )

We haven't made it yet. Not after all the food we've had over the holidays. I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of my mum who was pleasantly surprised by the number of responses my answer received. She now has a fairly good idea of what she's going to do -- but not when. I'll make sure to let you know how it went ( Read more... )

So, my parents won a 9 lbs turkey in a golf tournament. Their club was founded by Americans stationed in my area after WWII so it's kind of an unspoken rule that the bird be prepared American style. The thing is that while my mum is a fantastic cook and has tons of practise cooking duck and goose, we have no idea of how to prepare the turkey, or ( Read more... )

On Thursday and Friday my colleague R and I offered the writers of the school magazine the chance to work extensively on their articles. There are some pretty good ones on all kinds of topics, and the learning curve is extremely steep for some of the participants. Others had to be encouraged quite often to come up with something. We also had ( Read more... )

I got a kilo of freshly cut white asparagus today. Gramps drove out to the asparagus farmer's and brought back I don't know how much. Since I'd totally forgotten about it (he told me on Wednesday he was going), I didn't buy the usual stuff for an asparagus dinner (potatoes, Sauce Hollandaise and ham). So I improvised, and I got a lovely dish that I ( Read more... )

It seems I'm turning into the family expert for seafood dinner parties. My parents, gramps and brother with soon-to-be-wife are coming for Good Friday dinner tomorrow ( Read more... )

Ever since I moved into my flat, I cook Ash Wednesday dinner for my folks. That way I make sure I get fish dishes I am likely to like.

( Beware of dinner party picspam )

So, it's official now. I won't see David Tennant as Hamlet when I go to London after Christmas. I've been preparing myself for that bit of... sad news. But whenever someone's health is concerned there's no room for anything but wishing them well and do whatever it takes to fully recover. I'm still looking forward to the play, though, as it's the ( Read more... )

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