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You must be well aware that for each video we upload there will have been a number of trial sessions beforehand. It may be that I haven’t made that dish for a while so need to iron out the pitfalls, or just to work out the main points I need to emphasise before we canContinue reading “Practice makes perfect”

Social media recently reminded me that it’s a whole year since we met up with some old friends at a National Trust property midway between our homes. We had a lovely day, picnicing in the shade, strolling in the sunshine, admiring the flowers, commenting on the quality of the vegetables and remarking on the efficientContinue reading “Truly scrumptious!”

Do you think there’s an office in the depths of government labelled “Bright Sparks Only” ? It must have been someone in this department who came up with the idea that we should gain credits by buying fruit and vegetables. All we need to do is download the aforementioned App onto our smart phones andContinue reading “Got the App?”

It is reassuring that so many of the shops in our little seaside town have continued to request that customers wear masks and use the hand sanitiser strategically placed by the entrance. There are many people who feel that the relaxation of restrictions has come too soon in this country, particularly while there are manyContinue reading “Unmasked?”

Where to begin? The latest report aiming to reduce obesity has been published and raises so many issues in my mind. The constant eating any time of day, anywhere; families not sitting at a table for meals; ultra processed food has become the norm; doctors are to prescribe fruit and vegetables as medecine……. what onContinue reading “The value of food.”

The recipes that we upload onto the website and the videos we make are all dishes I have used in the past and feel would be useful to people of all ages. I make every effort to be clear about the ingredients and the methods, pointing out pitfalls too sometimes. I quite understand that pineappleContinue reading “Just a word…..”

This week I was reminded by Facebook that it’s six years since I retired from teaching. I wondered what on earth I’d do with myself – would I become a lady who lunched? There had been opportunities in the past, when, without the required work permits, I’d enjoyed plenty of leisurely meals with lovely friendsContinue reading “Ladies who lunch?”

After the torrential rain and flooding last weekend we were left with a double rainbow just hanging over the sea. Trying to take a picture with my phone wasn’t a great success but it was quite a sight to behold. It reminded me of one of my favourite phrases when teaching nutrition to young peopleContinue reading “Arc en ciel”

It depends where you put the emphasis as to how you feel about this…. Right now we have a very dark evening and thunder rumbling overhead. I found myself saying to the cats – “It looks like rain in cherry blossom lane! “, am I the only person who recites poetry to animals…probably not. HoweverContinue reading “Flaming June!”

Several of our young friends are relieved that they can finally have the celebration they had hoped for. All these revised plans reminded us of the most complicated wedding we’d been to. We took a very early flight from Heathrow to Paris, checked into our hotel, changed our clothes then took a taxi to aContinue reading “Weddings are back in the news”