June 2015 / FF&C

Thursday, June 25, 2015

JML School holidays are looming and since we're just started house renovations, we'll be staying at home. This is going to mean lots...

JML My father is in Heaven and the boy's father is in the West Indies, so fathers were a bit thin on the ground here today, but that did...

Photo by Michaelhouse Yesterday we had the Michaelhouse Hilton derby here in the Midlands. It's a major social event - think Henley-Wim...

My kitchen I'm under no illusion that the world needs another food blog. I'm a home cook and not a trained chef nor am I a professio...

JML For the year between my undergraduate and post graduate studies I worked in a large bookshop in Cape Town. I can't recall what my jo...

I do seem to spend my life cooking. I'm not complaining, but sometimes it just feels endless. There are definitely times when one is jus...

Can a vegetable re-invent itself? Brussel sprouts appear to have. At what point did this much maligned vegetable become fashionable again? I...

I am sometimes afflicted by a nervous condition called 'Fridge Block' . This is when, for whatever reason, I am unable to deal with...

We're re-grouping after a busy Saturday morning of sport played at various points all over the Midlands. The nine year old scored his fi...

Signs of Winter: Ma's hellebores are loving it here in the Midlands; the Wood Shed; dry grass that looks like straw and red berries on o...