Focaccia
Today’s cookery lesson: making focaccia. There were elements of this that the Boy Wonder didn’t like – most notably, getting his hands into the gloopy flour and water to mix it – but other parts he enjoyed very much: measuring … Continued
Place of safety
The weather forecast was poor this morning, but the Boy Wonder wanted to feed some ducks, so we rushed him into Stratford as soon as we could persuade him out of pyjamas and into clothes. In an ideal world he … Continued
Feeding the ducks
They may be swans to you, but in the world of the Boy Wonder they’re ducks, and they say “A, a”. In fact, there were some ducks in the feeding mêlée, but the swans were pushier and more obvious. There … Continued
Mother’s Day
I have a slightly stressy relationship with Mother’s Day: my mother died several years ago, and I’ve never had a high enough opinion of my own parenting skills to believe that they deserved celebration. But this year I’ve had a … Continued
Potato bread
You know I’m getting stressed when I do cooking. If the political/Covid situation doesn’t improve soon, you might even catch me dusting. [*Steady on, old girl – things haven’t reached that pass yet! Ed.] So anyway, bread. I used to … Continued
