United Kingdom · From June 2007
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For some reason I have a hankering to own a celebrity chef type cook book or two. I've never used one before - most recipes I use are from the internet or from a collection of non-celebritry cook...
We have a new member of staff, who started about a month ago. I admit we haven't immediately clicked. She has two sons (one about 19, the other about 27) who have her work phone number. She doesn't...
Just looking for inspiration really - I am 30 in a few weeks and am being asked from all corners what I want but I am a bit stuck for inspiration. Just wondering if anyone would care to share what was...
(Nigella's recipes unless indicated otherwise) Good: Brining turkeys. It rocks. Fast cooking turkeys. Fast, hot cooking then resting beef - still a winner Her chestnut stuffing. The cranberry sauce....
One of my Christmas prezzies was a little radio for the kitchen. I've never listened to the radio in the UK, would you believe - I don't have a car, we listen to iTunes at work, and my ex used to have...
I've got three mini Mince Pies and a dribble of double cream; 6 brie and cranberry parcels; 12 mushroom and ricotta ball things; half a tube of Pringles and a packet of Twiglets; and half a box of...
Okay, these are the best ones we've been sent. sadly the woman who was supposed to be taking a close up for us seemed to disappear. It was hilarious, we didn't have a clue what we were doing....
We got a bread maker for christmas and used it for the first time yesterday, I used the basic recpie for white bread but it seems really sweet, does it really need 1.5 table spoons of sugar?
[cough] [splutter] anyone else been struck down with the horrible coldy virus? [hawk][spit][ding]
Woohoo, i've just opened my gifts from my H that have been winking at me since November (he's away with work atm). So chuffed! A big bottle of baileys Chocs Chanel No 5 Radley purse And - Confessions...
I didn't think we were yet BUT friends of mine say we are and life is fine. Personally I think its not what happens now but what happen over the next year that important. So are we in a recession? Why...
Surprised myself with a reaction I didn't think I'd have today! I am in all ways a groovy feminist, at uni I wore the docs and ranted about wimmin, I believe in equality and fairness, I didn't change...
Mine are all Nigella's, which is not a surprise ? Her cranberry mincemeat. Her mince pie recipe, including easy peasy pastry recipe. (I hadn't had a mince pie in years because I thought they were...
I'm just watching this on DVD and am really disappointed. Maybe I needed to see it at the cinema to get into it or something. I think Meryl's acting is awful and am really surprised at how bad Julie...
Not had one of these for a while. I can't burp. I have tried, believe me, but I just can't. My friend can't click her fingers- again, I've shown her how, but its just an absolute impossibility for her...
Argh, I hate this sort of thing. We use an agency, but always have the same girl and she's lovely. We've even met her family and they're all lovely. I don't know her well enough to call her a friend,...
I've just made Christmas shortbread biscuits using a star and a Christmas tree cutter, bagged them all up into individual cellophane bags and tied them with red and gold raffia. One for each of the...
As above, tell me to get lost if not x
I know grumbling is more fun than praising but there ARE some good businesses out there. John Lewis/Waitrose- oh I could write reams about JL/Waitrose, but shall limit myself to noting how lovely and...
I got BMI! and I`ll be an in-flight supervisor too! I`m so happy, it has been such a tough few months, at least I know that I have a job now! I just have to await a start date sometime in the next...
So I have made the no-knead bread. It was really rather lovely. The breadmaker (booo hiiiss) does well for everyday granary for the family, but I do like the fancy schmancy white bread for lunch and...
I want to give a small gift to a colleague who has been very supportive over the last year. She was diagnosed with Caeliac's disease over the summer which means she can't have gluten (I think! - will...
Anyone been? Its my birthday this weekend and we're going to Brighton for the weekend (1st one away since having our baby) so I don't want a duff meal!
MrRache wants to have a party? He's really not the party sort but he has so many different groups of friends, and a close family, so it's either this or three separate lunch parties. It'll be in...
Despite my efforts to buy Grazia, I failed dismally - do you have a copy of the article as I would love to read it!
OK, so Mr Clairy has invited some more people to Christmas dinner (who are likely to stay over Christmas Eve too) so it looks as though we'll have 8 for breakfast and canapes and 10 for Christmas...
We got three copies of our wedding DVD, but the copies we gave to H's parents and my Mum have both gone wrong in some way (haven't seen them, but the parents have contacted us to say there's a...
An anti-abortionist lobby is starting a campaign for abortion awareness by sending these in the mail: Their plan is for every home address in the Netherlands to receive one of these life-sized (about...
I was at a course for advanced life support last week and we had a lecture about ethics of in-hospital resuscitation. I found out that apparently new guidance is that relatives should be allowed to...
