Spring Harvest 5 Dec 2011 | 02:20 am

Caribbean Banana Soup from Ceridwen 13 Jul 2011 | 12:00 am

Serves 6-8. This is great if you have excess bananas that are going bad, or if you have some dumpstered. The latter is generally more likely in these post-flood days as bananas are worth their weight ...

Zia Maria's Orecchiette (Little Ears) 12 Jul 2011 | 11:34 pm

My zia (auntie) Maria taught me how to make this traditional Pugliese fresh pasta when I was staying with her in her small southern town of Zollino. You should see her little face when she asks 'Vedia...

Vintage papa no. 1 9 Jun 2011 | 07:37 pm

Pictures of my dad in happier, black and white days.

Toffs and Tuffs and Turkeys 27 Dec 2010 | 12:18 am

Working through Christmas was always going to be a little trying. This year I spent the 'special' day with the family of my 91 year old client at the manor: an intimate gathering of around 15 upper-cl...

Angry It Up 6 Nov 2010 | 02:09 am

I made the stupid mistake of watching the new film about The Runaways, instant regret. Where was the intensity, the passion for music, the fire that burned in the hearts of these teenage cherry bombs ...

Squat the countryside 29 Oct 2010 | 07:56 pm

My sis sent me a link to Angus Mcdiarmid's page about his zook (zine/book) The Shire, mentioning that it reminded her of Skills and Glamour, the zine I made with my good friend Lottie while living in ...

Thompson for Sheriff 28 Oct 2010 | 08:11 pm

In 1970 renowned, reviled and revered gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson ran for Sheriff of Aspen, the Colarado ski resort town that he had chosen to call home. In classic Hunter S style he used the l...

Effort is hard 27 Oct 2010 | 06:02 am

Ok so I stole the title of this post off a great blog, but it portrays exactly how I feel after writing an assignment for the first time in years. I'm studying horticulture and while the science of it...

Sailor tales to sailor tunes 23 Oct 2010 | 08:47 pm

The man I'm working for at the moment is an old sailor, and so the house is filled with literature on war ships and yacht racing. Mr S was on the HMS Repulse when it was sunk by the Japanese in 1941. ...