Feeling guilty about throwing away all those disposable coffee cups? Santos of tsogb has a super way to recycle paper coffee cups from your coffee chain of choice. Or if you don’t bake, how about using them to sprout seeds or pot-on seedlings? (Oops, wrong time of year in the Northern hemisphere for that sort […]

The BBC promotes an interesting book in today’s Magazine: The Meaning of Tingo (author’s website here). His latest blog entry would bring a wee smile to the face of most Scots: … Scottish weather words I found, most of them, unsurprisingly, to do with rain. Dreich, ‘a miserably wet day’; plowtery, meaning ‘showery’; and drookit, […]

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 […]

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From BBC News: Discovery returns safely to Earth. Funnily enough, I had BBC 24 on the telly yesterday morning at 5am (yes, I wake up pretty early). Which is why I didn’t s*** myself when I heard the sonic boom. It shook the windows and patio doors. First time I’ve ever heard one.

Went to see March of the Penguins recently, which makes this penguin song by eclectech all the more funny. My apologies for the lack of content recently. I’ve been very busy getting pished for the last fortnight.