Category: Food

• February 22, 2022

  Saws, Storms and Stills

  

  A lot can happen in a month, and yet in the blink of an eye it’s over. Pretentious and shallow statement, yes, but nevertheless it is true. We’re well into February and my exam is creeping ever closer. Does that mean all my time has been consumed by preparation? Thankfully, no. I have had a […]
• January 19, 2022

  Panettone Redux

  

  Time really does seem to fly in this weird early part of the year. We’ve settled back into work and our usual routines of getting up far too early without neglecting the enjoyable parts of life entirely. Shadow of War…dor? After many hours our time in Shadow of War is drawing to a close. There […]
• December 24, 2021

  It’s Christmas Eve for Certain

  

  Another year, another furious week of shopping, cooking, baking, saucing and wrapping. Is this supposed to be relaxing? It has begun… Yes, in the words of the immortal Fozziwig (from the Muppet Christmas Carol fame), it’s Christmas Eve for certain. The food shopping is over and the real preparations have just begun. My enduring memory […]
• January 24, 2021

  Life on the Shelf

  

  I have been trying to sit down and write about Christmas, but it just isn’t happening. A tiny 4 kg black hole has opened in our lives which absorbs all time, energy, and effort. Not only that, but another lockdown has arrived limiting the amount of exciting things we could do. Enough waffling, let’s get […]
• December 26, 2020

  Babies and Babka

  

  First off, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I haven’t had a chance to write in a little while as I’ve been a tad preoccupied with other things. We’ve just been joined by a tiny squatter who is taking up all of our time and hogging the PlayStation, but she is quite cute. Charged […]
• October 10, 2020

  Apex Coping (and Legends)

  Coping with Success After weeks of searching, I finally found them. If you’ve been following my recent exploits, you’ll be well acquainted with Coping-gate; the universe was out to get me and prevent the conclusion of my wall project. There has been a breakthrough. Not through the wall, but rather the availability of the coping […]
• June 15, 2020

  A New Normal

  

  Full disclosure: I’ve chucked in a few affiliate links for Amazon for things that I’ve bought over the last few weeks. If you so choose to click through, I may earn a small amount from the sale, but in no way feel like you have to. It’s just something I’m experimenting with to cover WordPress […]
• June 6, 2020

  Storms and Shenmue

  

  Another lockdown update, as the country slowly re-opens and establishes a new “normal”. More baking, gaming and DIY. The weather hasn’t been encouraging for gardening. Shenmue 3 I ended the last post on a pessimistic note about Shenmue 3. It felt dated, clumsy, graphically disappointing and carried on the tradition of abysmal voice acting. It’s […]
• May 26, 2020

  Sun, Scones and (s)Upcycling

  

  Full disclosure: I’ve got an Amazon affiliate link to drawer handles later in the post. Feel free to click and buy, or not. It helps cover the costs of domain registration and keeps the blog ad free. That’s a shoe-horned title if ever there was one, but it captures the gist of the weekend. Baking […]
• May 19, 2020

  Baking, Gardening, Gaming

  

  Life in lockdown continues. It was an excellent time to start cycling as the roads were much quieter, but as more people return to work a sense of normality is returning to the roads. It’s a good excuse to get outside for some regular exercise. Shadow of the Colossus Shadow of the Colossus is complete, […]