The After Eight Game
I love a game around the table after dinner. I don’t mean Snakes and Ladders or Scrabble, I’m taking about something erring on the side of untraditional and rather silly. Something, ideally,… Read More
Apple Pie of My Eye
This is a brilliant, cheat pud from a shop you have probably driven past countless times and never thought of stopping at. I have only discovered it fairly recently after being bought… Read More
Rice Bucket Challenge: Put Rice in Bucket Do Not Pour Over Head
First there was the Ice Bucket Challenge…and now there’s the Rice Bucket Challenge. When the Ice Bucket trend hit India, where clean drinking water is scarce, guess how they did it? They… Read More
Normandy Butter with Real Salt Crystals
I ate this a lot in Brittany, spread thickly on a crispy, freshly baked French baguette and although my shorts are still a little too tight…it was worth it. I am a… Read More
Making the Calories Count: Cedele Cake
Let me say, before I go any further, that I am not at all in to cakes that look like they’ve been heavily influenced and inspired by Shrek’s body colour…but, don’t scoff… Read More
Ghim Moh
I don’t intend to write too many (more) posts about various holidays so, to keep relevant, here’s a bit of local news. I have returned from my sojourn to find that Ghim… Read More
How Not to Look Like a D*ck in a Smart Sushi Restaurant
** SINCE POSTING THIS ENTRY, THIS ARTICLE HAS ALSO RUN IN EXPAT LIVING (JANUARY 2015). See PRESS page** Japan, as far as I can make out, is one of those places that people… Read More
