I received my Jury summons in 2020 at the height of the pandemic and panicked immediately. We were being so careful and so worried about COVID, not going anywhere or seeing anyone for months and I really didn't want to take the tube everyday to sit in a crowded court room. So I postponed it after reearching if there was any way to...
Husband returned to work today. I was late for my first Teams call because getting him out the door proved to be a two man job. I made him some healthy warming porridge for breakfast to keep him going, then helped him get dressed (he just needed some assistance with the cuff-links to be fair), prepared a takeaway coffee, gently rushed him so...
Pizza, that great American invention, at least according to an Ohioan exchange student who stayed with us when I was in my teens. I tried to say something about Italy, but she'd have none of it. Probably thought it was a neighbourhood in New York City. She also said there is a letter R in the word wash. Excruciatingly she forced me, a...
Here we still are, not in complete lockdown, but as far as husband and I are concerned, the difference is academic. And we might not be far from another full lockdown. When things were looking a bit better around August we went to a beer garden a couple of times, we had our Cornish escape in the beginning of September, and we went...
Saloona or salona is a classic Arabic stew believed to have beduin origins. It's often made with chicken, but can also be made with fish, beef or lamb. And there is nothing wrong with doing it as a fully vegetarian or vegan version. Lamb saloona, so far our biggest success in terms of the consistency of the sauce, smooth and velvety. I forgot to...
