Posts Tagged ‘cooking’

I have three articles on Antigone that I should probably be reading but I am so brain dead from a day reading endless articles about Tacitus, and churning out the world’s longest essay plan that I need a break. So, I’ve popped this week’s Chuck on, and I’ll throw out a few bullet points on [...]

1. Study hard & aim to get firsts in final exams: Greek Drama, Nero to Hadrian & Women in Antiquity 2. Start to learn “dead” languages: Latin & Greek 3. Start to learn a “live” language: German, French or Italian 4. Look for a part-time job in May to pay for language courses & perhaps [...]

On the menu

Posted: 10/30/2010 in food
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I am really throwing myself into cooking at the moment. It’s one of the conditions of my temporary secondment to the “home office” (the others include not spending all day in my pajamas watching Netflix Instant and studying my spin toned ass off). I love being able to plan our meals for not just the [...]

intoxicating

Posted: 11/16/2004 in cooking, daily life
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I am drinking in the aromas that are engulfing the flat – cinnamon, nutmeg, chocolate and fermenting apples. I am in full-on domestic goddess mode, whipping up a batch of dark chocolate and walnut brownies and mincemeat for Christmas. If the brownies are up to scratch then I shall split them between Alex’s work and [...]

Imported Irish thick cut bacon $6.53 Imported HP Sauce $4.75 White bread $1.37 The perfect bacon sandwich – Priceless

… in a small apartment with hyper sensitive smoke detectors. Step One: Clean the oven thoroughly. Step Two: Remove the battery operated smoke detector and hide it under the downie. Step Three: Fix a double thickness plastic bag over the additional smoke detector that is plugged into the mains. Step Four: Open windows (even if [...]