Today’s post is a rare foray into blogging about blogging ; specifically, one of the more useful skills for a food blogger today – Food Styling. I recently attended a session in which professional food photographer and stylist Carole Poirot shared her tips with a group of bloggers. First, an Atelier des Chef class instructor ... Read more »
Pete and I travelled to Dubrovnik for my sister’s wedding and booked to stay on another 4 days afterwards. We spent the first few days in a beautiful villa with pool some of the wedding party before transferring to a hotel for the last couple of nights. We were very pleased with our choice of ... Read more »
A random set of images from Japan: A friend of bread is a friend of mine Cupola Sanjo, the covered segment of Sanjo Dori (and its delightful chicken logo) Waiting at a tram stop, Osaka Details, Pontocho, Kyoto Children’s book, Kyoto Coffee Shop – rather surreal to try and understand it from the ... Read more »
More images from our last trip to Japan – these ones have a shopping theme. Cat and dog purses Trouser mannequins; Hello Kitty Pez dispenser Giant wasp or bee in honey; Mentaiko Kumamon charms; Maneki-neko (beckoning cat) ornaments ... Read more »
A few more images from Japan: Cats of Philosopher’s Path, Kyoto Pampered Dogs, Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion), Kyoto Model of a biting dog outside a restaurant in Gion, Kyoto Cat in a hat, Sumiyoshitaisha Shrine, Osaka Cuddly Dominion, Kyushu Grammarly is a writing tool that checks ... Read more »
A photo album of Pete and I enjoying Japan. Pete loved his vending machine coffee and got antsy if he couldn’t find his favourite brands; Pete buying ramen Pete feasting on gyoza, katsu don, beef don and yakinuku Us enjoying okonimiyaki in Kyoto Us, feasting again Pete with coffee ... Read more »
First of the year’s rhubarb, harvested from the allotment on Sunday morning. ... Read more »
Every time I eat some of Nidal Rayess’ apricot jam, which I’ve eked out with unusual willpower, I chide myself for not having shared the experience of our day visiting Nidal at his factory in Lebanon, last spring. So, extremely late though it is, I am finally sharing another Lebanon highlight. Nidal Rayess is the ... Read more »
When I was sixteen I had my wisdom teeth taken out. Explains a lot, doesn’t it? My best friend’s mum gave me a brown paper bag of clementines as a ‘get well soon’ gesture. They were the tiniest clementines I’d ever seen, little more than an inch in diameter. I loved these adorable miniature citrus ... Read more »
At the end of September last year, I turned 40; a number imbued with all kinds of emotional baggage, with references to the hill of life and one’s position on it. But for me it was an excuse for a party and I had a really great day, surrounded by family and friends, new and ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]