Fried Indian flatbreads with a slightly pungent kick straight from my bossy maternal gran
Thanks so much for your thoughts, wishes and patience while I have been away. It was hard to say a final farewell to mum, my hubby’s mommy and fellow passionate foodie.
She was a great lady - founder of the Peru Children’s Trust, mother of three crazy boys and devoted Christian. Also very funny.
My memories of [...]
There is sad news from Peru and I will be gone for two weeks. More recipes to follow…
My husband is soon to leave London for a three-week stay in Peru. This is a problem.
It’s been a while since I changed lightbulbs, used the hoover or fixed the fuse. I am also prone to leaving the iron on, back door open, forgetting my flat keys and/or mobile.
But the BIGGEST worry is that he’s [...]
I’m counting the seconds until the start of the long weekend here - Monday is a holiday.
Two things have put a damper to the general excitement in the air. My Cannes trip got postponed and the weather forecast did a u-turn upsetting countryside picnic arrangements.
Oh well, at least there’s always Indian food.
Snooping around the blogosphere [...]
I just booked a long weekend with three girlfriends in Cannes during the film festival. Visions of chi chi lunches by the French Riviera, glamorous people and girlie chit chat flashed across the Easyjet screen. And then I saw an ugly one involving me a bikini.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
I have two weeks to implement a strict new eating [...]
Thwarted by the early summer we are having in London, I stayed out too long and missed the only thing worth watching this week on TV.
It was an investigation into India’s rise as a superpower and economic miracle on the one hand, while being mired in poverty on the other.
It was aired on the same [...]