Category: Food

FASCINATING WHAT WE FIND

I'm always distracted when rooting through the office to find a document I'm sure I have but can't remember where to find it. When I came across a photocopy of one of my letters to the Weekly Guardian from 2008, I just had to read it. And, lo and behold, it was about Alzheimer's. SORRY NO … Continue reading FASCINATING WHAT WE FIND →

DARK, RICH AND UTTERLY DELICIOUS

Those who’ve read Joanne Harris’s ‘Chocolat’, or at least seen the film, will probably have found themselves salivating at the descriptions of Viviane’s magical creations. There’s nothing quite like her chocolates for making the mouth water.  It’s hardly surprising that she so successfully lured the folk of Lansquenet away from their religious observances and into her chocolaterie. … Continue reading DARK, RICH AND UTTERLY DELICIOUS →

UNDER ATTACK part 2

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Who said this and what does it actually mean? French gastronomist and lawyer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin coined the expression towards the end of the eighteenth century.  He actually said ‘Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you what you are’. Nowadays he might re-word his message to read ‘Tell … Continue reading UNDER ATTACK part 2 →

IT COULD HAPPEN TO ME

Back in the late ‘80’s, not long after Terry, my first husband, had the car accident that left him mentally and physically handicapped, I wrote a screenplay. I called it ‘IT COULDN’T HAPPEN TO US’.  The main character was an artist who was involved in a multiple pile-up at the Hanger Lane gyratory system in London.  … Continue reading IT COULD HAPPEN TO ME →