I cook the vast majority of my meals from scratch, and have a reputation as being an excellent cook (I do tend to get my friends drunk first, though). Sometimes I create something so spectacular that I document it here...
After the piss-pouring rain put a damper on my pottering about in the garden, I decided to do a spot of baking. I don’t have much in the way of ingredients so I made scones, which are about the simplest thing you can bake. I found the original recipe in the Vegetarian Student Cookbook —… read more →
I decided — a spur of the moment thing — to do some baking today. It’s been a while, but after raiding my Mum’s for baking tins and a reminder about ingredient quantities I set to it. The cake itself is based on a traditional British pound cake, so named because it was originally created… read more →
Don’t ever make homemade Macaroni Cheese with Red Leicester cheese, even if the BBC Food recipe website thingy tells you too. Do however buy a small baguette, cut it in half lengthways, drop several small knobs of butter along the squishy side (opposite of the crusty side) of the bread along with a bulb of… read more →
We Got a Dog
If you're a long time reader / follower of my antics on social media, you'll know that the jemjabella household is a bit of a zoo. OK, a lot of a zoo.
Well, we finally added another head to that this year when - after ~3 years of research, putting it off, saving, more research ...
Going Nuud
This post contains multiple updates since the original review.
02nd August 2018 — adjustment period
09th April 2019 — suspicious lumps
02nd December 2019 — statement from nuud team
Original Post
I happened to casually mention to my brother via facebook messenger recently that I get quite sweaty. (There is context, something about exercise, I didn't just randomly tell him ...
How to organise your Life with Filofax
This isn’t the home for the great Filofax debate but it is a place where the merits of this personal organisation system can be discussed. It has been in existence since 1921 and many of its advocates will tell you it’s better for organising your life than a computer or any regular diary. Held in ...
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