We did it. We went to a restaurant for the first time since mid-March. And you know what? It wasn’t that different. The food came on plates and tasted nice. We used cutlery. The wine made us mellow. The experience felt pretty familiar in pretty much every respect. We didn’t think we would do it…Continue reading We Ate Out!
Month: July 2020
The Joy of Bubbling
Language evolves, nouns turn to verbs. Recent Olympics have given us to medal, now from Covid we have to bubble. Not as in sparkling wine or simmering stock, but to enter a bubble. Even before the great easing of 4 July, and the free-for-all as sure as eggs is eggs to precede it, we were…Continue reading The Joy of Bubbling
Trying Again
I have decided to re-start this blog in a different way: occasional posts on food-related themes. The previous iteration was too earnest and dull and, frankly, a bit pointless. It wasn’t my voice or my humour; at least, I hope it wasn’t! I will try again by writing when I think there is something to…Continue reading Trying Again