As I’ve mentioned previously on this blog (here), I love lemon curd. I also love raspberries and it was therefore only a small step to bring together these two loves in the form of raspberry curd. Unfortunately, I ended up needing to use twice as many raspberries in this recipe as I initially anticipated andContinueContinue reading “Raspberry Curd”
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Green Salad
Of all food dislikes, the one that seems to be most prevalent amongst the people I know is for raw tomato. And in just about every case, the individuals involved answer the dinner invitation question about whether there is anything they don’t eat with a sheepish answer, assuming that I’ve never come across their particularContinueContinue reading “Green Salad”
Quick Chocolate Pudding
I’ve seen cornflour-based puddings in many places – cookery books, blogs, in add-milk only packets on supermarket shelves – but it was only a couple of weeks ago that I decided to try my hand at making one, on a day when I felt like chocolate but wanted something that didn’t feel too naughty. ThisContinueContinue reading “Quick Chocolate Pudding”
Halloumi Salad
Quite a few years ago, J and I had holiday flights that transited in Qatar. On the way back we had quite a few hours in Qatar airport, which was quite an experience as, at the time, the airport was undergoing a massive renovation project. The airport (at the time) was rather small with fewContinueContinue reading “Halloumi Salad”
A Day in the Life of my PhD Corrections and Ice Cream Coffee
A Day in the Life of my PhD Corrections 1. Pray. 2. Open the 300-ish page book in French to the place I got up to last night. 3. Open my draft corrections Word document and Google Translate (no need to turn the computer on because I didn’t actually turn it off last night). 4.ContinueContinue reading “A Day in the Life of my PhD Corrections and Ice Cream Coffee”
Some, Some and Some 