Domestic Goddesque

I am here, honest. I’m just a little tied up. Normal service will resume shortly. In the meantime, talk amongst yourselves……

I am here, honest. I’m just a little tied up. Normal service will resume shortly. In the meantime, talk amongst yourselves……

A friend cut this recipe out of the Evening Standard about a thousand years ago (sorry, Kate!) Have long since lost the actual details as I cook it from memory. The original called for chopped smoked salmon instead of prawns and Martini rather than white wine, but I think you’ll find this version works just [...]

A friend cut this recipe out of the Evening Standard about a thousand years ago (sorry, Kate!) Have long since lost the actual details as I cook it from memory. The original called for chopped smoked salmon instead of prawns and Martini rather than white wine, but I think you’ll find this version works just [...]

Things have been a little quiet on the business front since I returned from France. Understandably so, since I didn’t much feel like interacting with the outside world immediately. DH has come up with the ultimate distraction- his tax returns. Or, more precisely, his accounts to send to his accountant so that they can deal [...]

In addition to being chief cook and bottle washer, dog walker, packer and aspiring Domestic Goddess, I am now also a taxi service. I have just deposited DH at Gatwick and headed home with the pooch by my side- a Thelma and Louise for middle age if you will. As I write (or attempt it- [...]

In addition to being chief cook and bottle washer, dog walker, packer and aspiring Domestic Goddess, I am now also a taxi service. I have just deposited DH at Gatwick and headed home with the pooch by my side- a Thelma and Louise for middle age if you will. As I write (or attempt it- [...]

I’ve always been crap at lying. You know how there are people who, if you ask how they are, convincingly say “I’m great!” and then six months later you find out that their cat died and their boyfriend left them for another man on the same day and you had absolutely no clue from the [...]