Recipes
Comfort Food, Barmy Oatcakes and Emilys
Comfort Food It’s November. According to the Met Office we have actually lost about two hours of daylight during October! Which perhaps explains why we often feel in need of comfort at this time of year, even though January and February are usually so much colder and bleaker. And looking at the state of the
In Defence of Divas and Early Christmas Preparations
Divas and Christmas Preparations This month I’m reclaiming early Christmas preparations from associations with rampant commercialism. And after viewing a recent opera performance, I explain why I don’t believe that teamwork always produces the best results in creative works. We need divas! Finally, as part of the seasonal preparations, I am sharing the recipe for
Tinned Salmon and the Totality of Life
Tinned Salmon This is last month’s article that I never managed to publish. It was holiday season at Castle Sefton Press and we also had some uninvited visitors. Even though I was going away, the blog was due to go out before I went but at the last minute we had a rodent incursion in
The Fawlty Towers Spanish Omelette
Seasonal Considerations Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, but having written about love at some length in my last post, I thought about food. Festivals and special days like Valentine’s Day are celebrated the world over by feasts of special dishes, and archaeology suggests that has been a feature human societies for a long time. In
