Hey, did you know – Today, March 3rd is #SoupitForwardDay! For over 15 years, Soup Sisters has been sharing the healing power of soup by delivering nourishing “Hugs in a Bowl” to women, children, and youth in crisis. To spread the social impact of Soup Sisters even wider, they officially founded Soup It Forward Day … Read more
Teaching cooking classes online for the past year or so has taught me SO much. It’s taught me To be (even more) organised (EVERYTHING needs to be at hand, noone on the other end of your screen wants to wait while you scramble to find the right equipment/ ingredients) To think a lot more about … Read more
The focus for this year’s Food Revolution Day was about sharing the power of cooking, the benefits of cooking from scratch and, ultimately showing people that changing our food choices can make us both healthier and happier. Instead of one official recipe as there has been in years past, this year, we had a set of … Read more
June. It’s a busy month for teachers. While everyone must think that we all look forward to June and the start of summer, there’s the whole getting through June to negotiate before we can kick back and enjoy the holidays. It always feels like there simply isn’t enough time to fit in all the things … Read more
So, we made mussels for French Fridays with Dorie. Again. We’ve made the classic Moules Marinière before and there have been a few other dishes I seem to have conveniently left the “optional” mussels out of, ahem. This pasta dish, for example. I just don’t like the flavour or texture of them, though Mr Neil … Read more
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you might remember we took a trip to Burma/ Myanmar a couple of Christmases ago (I’ve written about some of my experiences here and you can check out my iPhone photos “on the go” here) One of the best discoveries on that trip was the food … Read more