Retro Food For Modern Times: Three Sweet Treats inspired by a Luscious Liqueur
I was recently strolling around my local purveyor of fine alcoholic beverages (or as we like to call it, our second home) when a retro looking bottle caught my eye. A very glamorous Elke Sommer...
View ArticleRetro Food for Modern Times – Strawberry Fields Forever, Part 1
Let me take you down ‘cos I’m going to... …my local green grocer where they are currently selling trays of strawberries for $6. My sincere apologies to John Lennon for that absolute travesty but just...
View ArticleVietnam Part 2 –“Is that cats? Or the band?”
Next stop on our trip was the old Imperial capital of Hue (pronounced Hway). There is an airport at Hüê but it was closed so we caught a bus from Da Nang airport, a journey of around three hours. The...
View ArticleFaye Dunaway Cocktail
Back in my school days, we had an annual music competition where each House had to arrange and sing a song of their choice to assorted judges, family, staff and fellow schoolmates. One year the song...
View ArticleLord Mayor’s Mango Chutney
Over the next week or so election fever will hit many of us like a less lethal but possibly more pervasive version of the ‘rona. After all, the fate of many will ride on the outcome of this highly...
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