From the Guardian: Scotland has second highest murder rate in Europe. Another depressing report on Scotland’s crime rates (top for violence too). Another study from the University of California, to be published later this year, will claim Scotland has a higher homicide rate than America, Israel, Uzbekistan, Chile and Uruguay. So, statistically, I’m less likely […]
From the Guardian: Suspicious behaviour on the tube (via Nosemonkey). Having found some time to browse the blogs I’ve not had time to read over the last two months, I’m starting to regret spending my Sunday on the computer. It’s sunny in LA. I should be on the beach. But instead, I’m sitting on the […]
From BBC news: Ministers ‘back’ Brown for leader. “My vision is to build a home-owning, asset-owning democracy, a Britain of ambition and aspiration, where all and not just the few have the chance to own their own homes, buy shares and build up assets,” said Gordon Brown… Oh lawdy-lawd… “Ambition and aspiration”? Fine sentiments, Mr […]
If you were in Rouen this summer, you would have seen a light show (Cathedrales en Lumiere) projected on the west facade of Rouen’s Cathedral, famous for a series of experimental paintings by Monet. The series is scattered all over the world, and I’ve only seen a few: a few housed at the Musée d’Orsay, […]
Onigiri Courgette caterpillar Sardines on toast Dough balls Chilli prawns and edamame Spicy sweet potato and butternut squash Coq au vin Warm chickpea salad Crab and courgette gratin Celery and cashew soup Open salmon pie Bibimbap-inspired dinner Caramelised onion frittata Different take on beef noodles 1st BBQ in La-la land Roast lamb and tequila Je […]
Links to sweets I’ve made or eaten: Easy peasy clementine cake That clementine cake again Banana, chocolate and walnut loaf Shawn the shortbread sheep Chocolate shortbread Orange cupcakes Butterfly cupcake update Mame daifuku Peach frangipane tart Coconut, lime and mango jelly Longan encased in lingonberry
Saw Flightplan last night. Was pretty good, if you like Hitchcockian thrillers. Could not stop from drooling whenever the Bean appeared on screen, which kind of spoiled the odd moment of suspense… Small irony in choosing the Bean to play an airline captain since he’s afraid of flying… (useless trivia gleaned from hours of lotr […]
holding post over the next few weeks, i’ll be slowly moving all my food posts from the “talking rot” blog to this new food-only blog. it’s going to be a slow copy-paste process because i’m too thick to figure out how to shift posts between blogger blogs. as you can also see, i’m just using […]
Santos writes about a whole snap* of KitKats, which, despite knowing they’re probably full of E numbers, make me crave that feeling of teeth sinking into the yielding, softly crunching wafer, accompanied by the brush of the lips with a smear of chocolat. Which lasts all of 5 seconds, after which the whole finger is […]
What we should eat What we prefer to eat What we can afford Technorati tags: fauchon, macarons.
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