“You got paid early in December ready for Christmas, so you are currently skint. Your New Year diet regime has now slipped and you are hoovering up food like there’s no tomorrow.” New Year’s resolutions start flying out the window and all those gym clothes you bought are a constant reminder of how little exercise…
Author: gastrorob
New Years Day
In the past, no matter what time we went to bed at and no matter how much toasting to the new year had gone on, someone (Gran and Mum) had to wake up early and get started on preparing and cooking a New Year’s lunch for a family of 7+. On most occasions, the same…
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 4 years to get…
Christmas Party
“I’m no good at chatting up and always get rebuffed, Enough to drive a man to drink, I don’t do no washing up” But you will always find me in the kitchen at parties! And that is exactly where I spent most of my Saturday. Not just at the party but throughout the day as…
Christmas
December arrived before I managed to hear it creeping up on me but once 1st Dec dawned upon us I couldn’t wait to literally Deck the Halls! Christmas is my favourite time of the year – I love everything about it. From preparation to execution I am a complete convert. The minute I see a…
El Capote – Movember Munchies
Thursday saw the return of the eagerly anticipated El Capote evening of food and wine matching. Before anyone gets upset that I didn’t tell them about it – I had been invited along by Ian at the last minute, it was a small gathering of us and once again it did not disappoint. This time…
Marrakech
Sitting in the heart of the Medina sipping a mint tea and smelling the scents of the souk, I reminisce over the food memories created during my mini break in Marrakech. On my first night in Marrakech, I was tantalised by a beef and prune tagine. Tagine is the quintessential Moroccan dish. Tagine refers to the…
Fruits of Labour
What possessed me to wake up at silly o’clock on a Saturday morning, I do not know. Not even young children wake their parents up as early as 5am (I presume). Alarm bellowing at me indiscriminately of the hour of morning nor knowing how little sleep I’d actually had, I was cajoled out of bed…
Autumn
Wet, windy Wednesday’s tropical storm (apparently the tail end of Hurricane Nadine) was the herald that Summer was over. Cloudless, cerulean blue skies turning to ghostly grey and the drop in temperature were the clues to make everyone assume that Autumn was on its way. Patio furniture and BBQ sets have been hidden away until…
Dinner Date
Last night, I was torn with what to cook for dinner. After a summer of BBQ’s and eating out, my cupboards were lousier than Mother Hubbard’s! Therefore a stressful supermarket session was necessary to replenish depleted stocks. Lacking food-shop-practice and forgetting where things were and having to return to the car to get my shopping…
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