the Nest
This year, thanks to an unfortunate car accident in September, my Book of Days plans went to pot. Coupled with the fact that my sister, Blaithin, who does all my pre-production-technical-graphic-computery-stuff (Note my lingo! I’m such a techno-geek, truly) is off on maternity leave any day now, my modus operandi …
Well, hello, hello. Of course it had to be a chocolate cake to entice me back blogging. This cake will look very familiar to many of you, I expect: remember The Best Brownie recipe from years ago? I felt the time was right to drag it out of obscurity, dust …
Firstly, thank you for the enormous interest: it really helped give me the final push over the line when I was flagging! …
While indeed it was always called Spotted Dog in some parts, Spotted Dick has been downgraded to its considerably more flaccid counterpart …
It’s that time of year again, Crumble Season. Whilst a fruit crumble is welcome any time of the year, once the blackberries …
(I mentioned this briefly here, but was asked for more photos; so being the obliging human I am, here you go!) A …
For many years now, thoughts of escaping to the Guesthouse in Glenstal Abbey have crept into my mind, like a wispy filament …
Last year (Or was it? maybe the year before) as I was approaching my fortieth year, there was a lot of change …
The other night, a most bizarre thing happened: I had a yen for dates (of the edible kind, but y’know, being the …
January disappeared on me, and then, guess what? So did February. I’m now facing into March feeling a bit like Rip Van …
