Tomatilla!

Much as I would like to believe that Kerry is going to (probably is right now – I don’t have TV so won’t know until later) make a better speech, in my heart I know that the best political speech of my generation has already been delivered. Not necessarily the most presidential, not necessarily even the most [...]

‘Is My Blog Burning?’ is now a monthly event for sure. The seventh edition of this collective blast of creative cooking is on the topic of dumplings.

After a quick query to the founders of the event and a little online research, I am reassured that gnocchi qualify as dumplings so I will probably make [...]

I wonder what that headline evokes in my readers? How many think of Joseph Conrad? How many think of Africa? How many think of great evils? How many simply think of the night?

I wrote it because it was what popped into my mind on reading this wonderful article about what John Kerry has really [...]

It was time – time for IMBB that is. Time for the grill. Time for smoke and flame and wood and charred meat and primeval smells. Time to return to the vast temperate zone forest of the world, covering Europe, North America, Asia. Time to hunt, to grill the spoils over the fire. Time to kick back [...]

The next IMBB event is coming up next Sunday the 18th and it is one of my favorite activities of all time, grilling, so I am going to have to come up with some special dishes and specialties. naturally I will include my infamous grilled bread that will soon be sweeping the nation and the [...]

We’re going to the lair. The lair of the bear.

That means we are going to our family camp in Pinecrest in the Sierras where we will go hiking, kayaking on and swimming in the lake. We will watch ridiculous variety shows. We will be fed – quite well actually. We will sit around campfires and [...]

not statistics (well, not until November anyway).

You have to try this.

A few of my readers (OK, there ARE only a few readers ) will recognize the title of this post and have at least a vague idea what I am talking about. Everyone else will be lost. It helps if you were brought up in England and were a child during the [...]