Category Archives: Food
Cider Batch 2 – Blackberry Nutmeg and Cranberry Cinnamon
Season’s First Cider Batches Burbling Away
Batch 1: Ghost Pepper and Cinnamon Batch 2: Dates, Honey and Cardamom Batch 3: Vanilla Honey
No One Wants to Come Over for Dinner
“How to Cook Everything.” The title on the spine of the book tells me it knows such secrets. Everything? That seems rather daunting but I suppose it is possible. You give me the basics and I should be able to … Continue reading
Sofas, Beets and Belief: Choose Wisley
I helped move a sofa into a basement today with small doors and annoying landings. I was positive the sofa was going to be stuck on the landing forever, or until I broke the legs off. We had to back … Continue reading
Musings on Pepper Grinding
My Pepper Grinder is a piece of work. I twist and I twist and I twist. My hand grows weary and cramps For a few sprinkles of black gold. So I resort to salt. Salt in large mouth jars Where … Continue reading
Musings on Chocolate Therapy
Sometimes chocolate is just good And Sometimes it is therapy You have to know the difference You have to see the significances Hidden in the craven desires Catapulting you to consume The nearest chocolate confection No time for reflection in … Continue reading
Musings on Broth, Kefir and Coffee
So, it’s come to this, Morning Ritual. No yellow eyed eggs staring at Me with unconditional love, no skillet of Siren singing bacon calling to my waking Spirit, no butter smeared toast stretching Out to tickle my slumbering desire. Too … Continue reading
Of Utensils and Rules
Have you ever noticed just how many utensils there are in the world? Hundreds of billions of forks and spoons and table knives. I have enough utensils for five families. People just kept giving it to me. I certainly don’t … Continue reading
Hunger is not Wisdom
I like leftovers. They’re convenient. Just heat them up (sometimes) and you are good to go. Refrigerators are unfortunately the last place you should store leftovers. Refrigerators are the black holes of storage options. You’d have to carbon date most … Continue reading
Fortress of Dissolitude 