Back-to-school week is all about new beginnings. More so than January 1st, I find it’s a time when I will be making “New Year’s” Resolutions, mostly to do with school (better, more diligent note-keeping, much further-in-advance lesson planning, keeping my desk tidy, keeping on top of my marking etc…) but it’s also a time to … Read more
I am a cereal lover from way back. Cereal is a meal I don’t just eat at breakfast – it’s quite often my dinner if I find myself at home alone and nearly every day around 3pm when I am finished teaching, I find myself snacking on some type of cereal to tide myself over … Read more
If you can believe it, I’ve never had to buy an entire cookware set in my life. When I moved to Canada, I left my sad collection of pots and pans in my flat in Paris and inherited Neil’s (mostly) Paderno cookware which I’ve been happily using now for years, supplemented with a few other … Read more
If you’re a coffee fan like me, you might have heard of a new single-serve coffee maker, released earlier this year – the Nespresso VertuoLine. I’ve tried a couple of other single-serve machines over the past few years -both at home and in various hotels and haven’t found one I really was keen on – … Read more
So I’ve had the Bellini Kitchen Master for nearly 2 months now and have had to occasion to make a number of different recipes to see whether it really does live up to the claims that it can chop, mix, mince, whip, knead, blend, stir, cook, fry and steam and can “significantly cut down” hands-on … Read more
I’m back again with more thoughts about the Bellini Kitchen Master thermal blender as per my promise last week. Since last week’s post I have been experimenting a little more with the BLM and am definitely learning my way around the machine, experiencing more success and starting to understand the concept of cooking in a … Read more