Breakfast

*listens to the sound of some very lonely crickets*
Hmph! Fine then!
Being very much single at the moment, I’m afraid that there hasn’t been any action on the romantic front, which means many long, lonely nights curled up in bed with a book and my dog, sighing wistfully as I imagine a dashing gent who’ll come […]



Sorry for the lack of updates, folks, but my mother has been ill this week and consequently I’ve been kept busy running the household and taking care of the rest of my domestically-challenged family. Not to worry, there are posts in draft, just need the time, energy and mental capacity to blog them.

I have a […]



Would you believe that once upon a time, I was absolutely terrified of baking muffins?1 Yes, I kid you not - in the early days of this blog, I publicly outed myself as having absolutely no skill in the muffin department, as the recipes I’d tried till then had always given disappointing results.
Well, folks, as […]



Folks, just a quick note to let you know that nominations for the 2007 Food Blog Awards are now open. Having glanced over the categories, I don’t think I actually qualify for any of them, but you should definitely stop by and nominate any blogs that you love that fit the categories! Now, onto the […]



My kid sister has always been something of a fussy eater. When she was a little child, it was not uncommon for her seat at the table to be littered with (what she THOUGHT were) well-hidden remnants of her meal - legumes, anything that had been within 6 feet of ocean waters, bean shoots, sprouts, […]