This week ACOD is on a school trip. I won’t lie, having two kids is most definitely easier than three and the house is much calmer and quieter. According to messages on the class WhatsApp, we should be really missing our youngest child as apparently other parets are bereft without their precious bambinos. Honestly, we’re… Continue reading Green bread
Every week I start the week with the following ambitions: It’s a simple enough list and I have achieved it the sum total of zero times so far in 2026. I mean, I’ve achieved it the sum total of zero times ever really…… Perhaps I need a new list. But those really are my ambitions… Continue reading When in doubt, duck
Well, if there was ever a dish that got unanimous O’D Household approval, this was that dish. In fact, it was so good, that ever member of the household wanted more. There wasn’t any left. I need to back up a few weeks as this dish was inspired by a fabulous night out celebrating COD’s… Continue reading Prawn and bacon carbonara
We’re almost out of January! 24 more hours and the longest month of the year will be dead to us. It’s also still (sort of) light at 5pm so it seems the year is going in the right direction. February only has 4 weeks and then we’re into the month of clocks going forward. So,… Continue reading Hot cross yums & other stories
At the end of November last year, I was lucky enough to attend the Country & Town House Future Icons awards at the very lovely Mandarin Oriental in Mayfair. If you ever get a chance to head into the Mandarin Oriental at Christmas, do. It’s like a magical fairytale inside all decked out and sparkly.… Continue reading Inspiration vs execution
Absolute Balderdash is a firm family board game favourite. As a family that favours strategy and word games, things like scrabble, and the various different Balderdashes always appear during the holidays. Absolute Balderdash transcends the ages in our family (10yrs – 76yrs) and so it was that we found ourselves playing this around the dinner… Continue reading Your cookbook is a porno
Back by popular demand! Well, demand from one loyal reader anyway….. It’s been a while. A long while. Life has been insanely busy the last 18 months however, about 10 days ago, I found myself surprisingly jobless and a staring at a future with time on my hands. So, it seems as good a time… Continue reading Easy Christmas pasta
My kids love Nature Valley Dippers. They are legal school snacks but I get annoyed at the price tag. £3 for 8 packs of 2 small biscuits and all the plastic packaging they come in. So during half term, I set out to see if I can make them. Can’t be hard – basic flapjack… Continue reading Nature Valley Dippers
Gosh, what a 10 days. It’s been a whirlwind of travel, COP27 and catching up on home life and cooking. My counterpart in this year’s cooking adventure just smashed through U (USA) and I am lagging behind still in the middle realms of the alphabet. So, it was catch- up weekend. I managed to get… Continue reading N, O and P down, 10 to go
Well, we are halfway there. I have completed letters A-M in our cooking journey around the globe. Before I share Kenya, Lebanon and Madagascar, perhaps it’s time to reflect on the highs and lows of the adventure thus far. Favourite recipe – Cuba (despite the Paprika causing a 2am EEROD vomit)Worst recipe – Ghana. I… Continue reading Halfway round the world
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