Chicken Liver Pate

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I know, I know…what’s the point of “reining it in” if, during a small relapse, you eat a large quantity of chicken liver pâté (which Tom rightly observed is essentially Meat Butter).… 

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Saffron Cullen Skink

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What a weekend it’s been.

Firstly there was Burn’s Night. Boiling pluck, chopping heart, dicing lung, grating liver. All with background Blackadder adding to the madness: “The girl is wetter than a haddock’s bathing costume.” Cooking the haggis and then The Ode. Ah, The Ode to that sweet little trio of haggae.… 

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Pearl Barley Soup

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It’s only when you organise a party that you realise quite how many important people are missing. Katie is in Ghana, Clara is in Abu Dhabi, Immy is in India, Emma is in Singapore, Hugo is in Hong Kong, Lotty is in Columbia, Rhum is in Guatemala….and so the list goes on…it’s hard not to take it personally. But looking at the evidence, it ain’t good. Maybe it was something I said?… 

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