Kitchen Living for a Modern LIfestyle
The history of food, and the emotion behind food, is what drives me to write, share and live in my kitchen. Nothing is more rooted to daily life than food and emotion…not a day that goes by where we are not touched by both of them. Valentine’s Day is one day where the two intertwine, [...]
As a child brussel sprouts graced the table seldom and were always left lingering in isolation while all the popular vegetables fraternised on my Thanksgiving plate…. the pungent green smell, the often swamp hue they adopted and the fact that no one but the ‘old people’ were reaching for them, left me convinced that there [...]
Nothing beats biting into a crunchy juicy seasonal apple, just ask Snow White….but there is more to this round gem than just filling your fruit bowl. Choose a better apple: Smooth, firm and free from blemishes, a fresh apple should be bursting with colour (but don’t let the wax coating on many super market apples [...]
Coffee origins are traced as far back as the 13th century, however it was not until the 15th century that the Sufi monasteries of Yemen began brewing it as we do today. The Boston Tea party made coffee drinking a patriotic duty in 1773, but it was not until the prohibition in 1920 that coffee [...]
I have been married 11 years now, like all married couples with children our libidos have been on a wild rollercoaster ride; finding highs in unexpected times despite sleeplessness and endless mundane tasks, and finding lows that sometime take a all mighty effort to get through. They say women hit their peak in their late [...]
