My First Pot Roast

image compliments of http://www.bbcgoodfood.com My cooking repertoire is pretty varied. As well as traditional meals, I often serve up those predictable global dishes that just about everyone knows how to cook – spag bol, stir fry, curry, taco’s and so on. Until recently, I had never cooked a pot roast (emphasis on pot). I don’t remember what inspired me to cook this […]

Walk This Way

Walking anywhere, has become a dying art. Exaggerate I might, but have you ever witnessed a child accustomed to being chauffeur driven everywhere attempt to walk – properly and at a decent pace? It is as though they are unsure how to put one foot in front of the other therefore they drag them along burdened by this weight attached to the end of their […]

Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice

…That’s what little girls are made of! The words of this rhyme allow images to emerge in my mind of cherubic little girls with curls and ribbons in their hair – in pretty, frilly dresses, little white socks and buckled shoes. I suppose this is the era from which the rhyme originates – one where little girls were distinctly little girls […]

Faux Pas?

Venture I shall into two, maybe three, controversial topics. Topics about which there is no consensus, yet rather, a mass differing of opinion. They are as follows: Leopard print clothing/accessories – Yes/No? Fake Faux anything – leather, fur, animal print and, Children dressed as adults. All things are possible, if done with taste and decorum – in the world […]