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Bitters. Ice cream!

Bitters. Ice cream!

By E on December 26, 2011

My mother’s favourite new drink is tonic water with a dash of (Angostura) bitters. Nothing too revolutionary there – who hasn’t added a dash of bitters to a G (or V) & T, etc. But what is pretty damn cool is a whole underground of bitters that I knew nothing about until a friend who [...]

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Bigger on the Inside

Bigger on the Inside

By E on December 16, 2011

Our house is really dirty. But that’s because we’ve got handymen fixing a few odds and ends, oh and painting the inside of our front door to look like the Tardis. (It’s apparently never to late to be the geeky kind of fan who would paint the inside of their front door to look like [...]

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The cake I did not bake

The cake I did not bake

By E on December 5, 2011

So dem birds came anyway, inspired by this beauty, and executed by the excellent Charly’s Bakery (Mucking Afazing Cakes indeed!): I wish I had done it myself, but letting someone else worry about the birds was in the end a brilliant idea, since all I had to do was sit back and enjoy:  I guess Bukowski said it [...]

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My Bree moment #chocchipcookie

My Bree moment #chocchipcookie

By E on September 30, 2011

I’ve never been much into making biscuits, as we call them in this part of the world. (Apart from biscotti, of course. Those who know me well know that my own biscotti are the only ones I will deign to eat.) I like making biscotti because they keep for long enough not to go stale. [...]

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Still sucking

Still sucking

By E on September 1, 2011

Just a short note, really, to tell a true little story with no moral that I wish I didn’t know. So you get robbed, and you put in new locks. You sleep badly for a few days, but eventually fatigue sets in and you have to get over it.  Ten days later your excellent insurance [...]

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Birthday tripping

Birthday tripping

By E on July 4, 2011

I have a birthday coming up in a few days, and for the first time in years (ever?), I am quite happy to let it pass quietly by. See, I’ve just spent 14 days in various manifestations of the pictures above: mostly on a boat (pictured centrally, she is Isola Bella, the beautiful island), where [...]

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Gone boating (and perhaps fishing)

Gone boating (and perhaps fishing)

By E on June 10, 2011

If I were a (better) food blogger, I would have spent all yesterday evening taking pictures of the wonderful food we ate (again) at the much-loved Test Kitchen, and then all morning uploading them for you, dear reader, to drool over. These pages would similarly be dripping with pictures of fantastic plates of fillet, osso [...]

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Lessons (re-)learned from Thor 3D

Lessons (re-)learned from Thor 3D

By E on May 6, 2011

On the film: 1. Do not trust IMDB ratings (7.6: really?). 2. Do not be fooled by the quality connotations of “Kenneth Branagh” or “Anthony Hopkins”. 3. Do not expect visual wonders from “3D”: here it was obviously just a ploy to sell you stoopid glasses @R6 each. 4. Natalie Portman does not make everything [...]

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Making a milkshake out of yoghurt

Making a milkshake out of yoghurt

By E on April 18, 2011

I have been reading (and writing) about Mr. Oliver’s latest LA venture for some time now, but I didn’t get to *enjoy* the full spectacle of the first episode until last night. Late at night was a stupid time to watch, because it sent me to bed depressed. Smite me with your bleeding heart if [...]

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Learning to Rest in Peace

By E on April 13, 2011

Life is scary. We get bad news every day (and now even more bad news at an even faster rate, thanks to Twitter et al). Most of it is distant, thank goodness. Bad stuff generally happens to other people. But every so often, the degrees of separation become uncomfortable close. A friend’s mother passes away. [...]

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