I was slow-cooking this beef onion stew yesterday, when halfway through I realised what it needed most was more thyme. As you see, I threw in a big handful, and, later, even more. Lovely, heavenly thyme, so slender and delicate,…
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Seeking Eternal [youth] Online (SEO)
Maybe you, too, have tried to launch a website from scratch? I’ve a notebook by the side of my keyboard. In it are handwritten notes like: “navigation menus how?”, “recaptcha on forms!!”, “core value”, “focus keywords”, “excluded by noindex tag…
Chewy, Sticky, Crunchy and Slimy
People talk about texture in food like they’re talking about the Seven Dwarfs – Chewy, Sticky, Crunchy, Fatty, Lumpy, Creamy, Slimy, Crispy, Toughy … oh wait that’s nine. And they talk about it as if we’re supposed to enjoy all…
Smell and Taste of Things Waiting for Their Moment
So, as I’m writing out these recipes, or sorting through photos on my phone, I’m getting all these memories bubbling up, sometimes childhood ones, a little bit like Monsieur Proust. This has to be one of the best paragraphs about…
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, and A Poem
I don’t know if this site will have any more than a readership of one, but you only live once, right? Worse than the fear of trying, is not trying at all. So, recipes for life? lifestyle? life in general?…
