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How could I have chosen such a hot evening to make and film our next video? You’ll see it very soon – I’m standing at the cooker stirring and stirring….. Lost in thought, it reminded me of one particular Sunday lunch at La Scogliera near Arese. We had booked our usual table and were surprisedContinue reading “Tasty morsels”

As a child one of the naughtiest things I did was to drink the vinegar from the enormous jar of pickled onions sitting on the floor of the pantry. The cupboard was under the stairs, so I could shut myself away and nobody knew what I was up to. Fast forward many years and whenContinue reading “Salad Days”

You might be aware that we adopted two cats recently. They are lovely – so gentle, lap cats through and through. They really enjoy fishy cat food and crunchy treats, watching the seagulls soar by and the pigeons courting on the fence. Since their favourite food has to contain fish I thought I’d be safeContinue reading “Chaos reigns !”

There was a recent addition to the shopping list which left me (almost) speechless, shocked – certainly discombobulated. This postcard size piece of paper had been sitting on the dresser awaiting all the usual additions… eggs, milk, flour etc…. but in the bottom corner it suddenly said French Fancies! I had to stop and thinkContinue reading “Who knew…?”

Do you remember that programme? Bernard Braden, David Frost and Millicent Martin who sang (badly) when they reviewed the past week. It’s been a bit of a week here too – not least because we’re still trying to settle our rescue cats amid trips to the vet. They are very nervous, easily spooked by unexpectedContinue reading “That was the week that was…”

Do you remember the egg crisis of the late 1980’s ? Edwina Currie MP made a passing comment that most of the eggs in the UK were contaminated with salmonella (at that time) This caused chaos – with her resignation designed to calm the situation. The egg producers and farmers all denied her claims andContinue reading “Curried eggs ?”

It was heartening to read of the alliance formed recently between chef Tom Kerridge and footballer Marcus Rashford who are working together to encourage families to cook economical meals. Both grew up having free school meals and understand the implications of that “entitlement”. We waste and throw away so much food in this country thatContinue reading “Waste not want not.”

Now that restrictions are lifting and life is returning to a kind of normality, we’ve decided to alter our routines – just a little. The tech-department is finding many more demands on his time and whilst the deputy cameraman has been doing a sterling job, it’s the editing of the videos that takes the time.Continue reading “Changes afoot…..”

There were lots of these in our little Suffolk seaside town this week – people relieved to at last be able to go shopping in all those “non-essential” places. They were certainly getting plenty of retail therapy judging by the number of bags being carried too! A new phrase seems to have been coined –Continue reading ““Smiling faces…..””

There is a standing joke that if a good friend asks what we’re having for dinner the chances are it will be chicken! For many years famous chefs have exhorted us to buy the free-range, well-flavoured chickens sold by butchers rather than the mass produced birds found in all the supermarkets. I did this recently,Continue reading “Chicken matters…”