the weind

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quick comforts

quick comforts

I've been making, what is, for me, quite a lot of bread in the month since Harry died. Probably, in an ideal world, where both Phil and I weren't either almost constantly watching our weight, or actively trying to lose it, I would bake something every day, and more often than not, that thing would be bread. There's just something … [Read More...]

nothing really good about february

Well, one good thing about it; Phil and I have worked together, as a team, very well indeed, in the hard and painful aftermath of his father suddenly passing away … [Read More...]

quick dried fig & seville orange jam

quick dried fig & seville orange jam

I did a really good job of cleaning up the pantry during the run-up to Christmas, and then promptly trashed it while preparing the Tapastravaganza. And then I just … [Read More...]

stormy weather, allegedly

stormy weather, allegedly

We're supposed to get hit by the tail end of Storm Jonas (when did we start naming winter storms?) today, and here in the generally rainy and windy northwest, we're … [Read More...]

everybody makes the best chili

everybody makes the best chili

Or so you might be tempted to believe, given how people (and mostly these people are, in my experience, men) do bang on … [Read More...]

good things about january

good things about january

The first that comes to mind is that you can't go into a major supermarket without finding buckets of cheap daffodils, … [Read More...]

utterly basic dal tadka, my style

It's Wednesday, which means, in the normal course of things, Phil will be home tomorrow evening, and I will be feeding … [Read More...]

roasted butternut squash, bell pepper, and avocado salad

roasted butternut squash, bell pepper, and avocado salad

I've mostly gone through a shift in thinking about how I feed myself when I'm home alone. I used to rarely put much … [Read More...]

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