Category Archives: food

Forcibly divorced

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I have a complaint. It is Bank Holiday here, so, in need of provisions and with a sudden desire for apricots, I was obliged to go to the supermarket. I don’t do it often. It depresses me. But that isn’t … Continue reading →

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Guest writer: Lisa Amaya – An El Paso Woman

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Hi everyone! Before I go any further, I want to thank Sue for allowing me to write a guest post for her blog. I appreciate this wonderful opportunity. For those who don’t know of me or my blog, I’m Lisa Amaya from … Continue reading →

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Leftovers

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Sue Vincent

There were years when the table groaned under the weight Of the Christmas delights I had cooked. With a house full of teenagers, everything went With no delicacy overlooked. This year I was cooking for me and the dog With … Continue reading →

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Random musings on the pizza of consciousness

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Sue Vincent

From the archives 2014: I like cooking, but, as I may have mentioned before, I don’t do it often these days… unless I have company. It seems a waste just for me. For myself it is usually either fill the … Continue reading →

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The Druid’s cure

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The bug had well and truly taken me by the throat; if speaking was bad, swallowing was well-nigh impossible. Still, sitting around wasn’t going to help. “What about the Druid?” As good an idea as any under the circumstances. We … Continue reading →

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Open borders…

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The virus that has been bugging me for the past week or two, manifesting itself under various  guises in order the hide from effective treatment, finally decided a couple of days ago that it would try pretending to be a … Continue reading →

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Gilding the lily – a cupcake society

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The house smells good. I have been baking. There is a reason for this… it is an act of rebellion. I’ve always baked. Not so much these days when there is usually only me, the dog and a recalcitrant waistline… … Continue reading →

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Sunday lunch

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Sunday morning, we worked on the scripts for the April workshop, before packing the car with our bags and heading back the way I had come just a few days and many adventures earlier… except this time, I was not … Continue reading →

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Orwell, eat your heart out…

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Every so often, the whole Big Brother-cum-Nanny-ness of our society gets to me. That and the jobsworths… but that is a whole other story and now not the time to tell it. I object to being on camera pretty much … Continue reading →

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Culinary torture…

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Whoever invented the slow-cooker was a sadist. For the past six hours the house has been steadily filling with the deliciously savoury aroma of a rich beef and winter vegetable stew. A miniature volcano of homely comfort bubbling away in … Continue reading →

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