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Apr 28th, 2011
Dinner with Dhruv and giveaway copies of the new Masterchef at Home book!
Did you watch Masterchef last night? I’m a bit of an addict – I really wanted Tom to win, but very pleased for the lovely Tim.
To celebrate Tim’s win, and also because I’m just a big bloody lump of loveliness, I’ve got 5 copies of the new Masterchef at Home book to give away!
Dorling Kindersley are also giving away an amazing prize of dinner for 4, cooked by the Masterchef 2010...
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English Mum |
Apr 26th, 2011
In which the Mad Professor turns 16
I am the mother of a 16 year old. There, I said it. I know, I feel really old.
Of course with 16 year olds, you get the hormones… the moodiness… the constant demands for money… the vast tranches of time when they’re lolling about making the place look untidy, or just unconscious…
But you also get moments like this:
I watched him on Saturday, playing with little Sweeney (Mad...
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English Mum |
Apr 22nd, 2011
Knackered Mother’s Wine Guide to Easter
So my lovely gorgeous friend Helen, wine expert, International Wine Challenge judge, writer of Knackered Mother’s Wine Club and all-round wine smarty pants, is used to my incessant pestering for guest posts on wine. Happily, she’s lifted the restraining order just enough to accept a request for a no-holds-barred guide to Easter wine, even how to match wine with the dreaded chocky egg. Over to you,...
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English Mum |
Apr 21st, 2011
Give me paella! A bimble around Portobello Market
Oh we’re having such a fun time at English Grandma’s. I’m slightly worried, though, because I’ve done nothing but eat so far – they might have to roll me into the cargo section of the aircraft to get me home…
On Saturday, while the newly-hatched teenager was trying to mangle himself at Bay Sixty6, we decided to head off into the local area and walk around a bit (four hours...
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English Mum |
Apr 19th, 2011
Review: Cakes by Pam Corbin (River Cottage Handbook no 8)
I knew I was going to love this book from the moment I was offered a review copy. I stalked our poor postie, Bernard, mercilessly every day until he was beginning to look a little uncomfortable, I was so looking forward to reading it.
Happily (for me and Bernard, it appeared. And I wasn’t wrong. I bloody love it. Cakes (River Cottage Handbook) is probably one of those books that could render half...
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English Mum |
Apr 16th, 2011
The birthday Death Wish Dude goes to London
So it’s the Death Wish Child’s birthday. Actually, I might now have to change his name, seeing as he is now officially a teenager.
Yes, I am the mother of two teenagers. Kill me now.
The dude’s most fervent birthday wish was for a pair of hideously expensive Remz OS4 skates. Now, for 99 percent of you, these words will mean very little, but for most of the teenagey skatery-type chaps...
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English Mum |
Apr 14th, 2011
Freeze ahead brown sugar cookies
I made a batch of these the other day (the plain ones – these ones in the pic have actually got a dollop of salted caramel in their centre), and the Death Wish Child, somewhat of a cookie connoisseur, declared them to be the best cookie that I make.
‘What, these old things?’, I asked, surprised.
DWC: ‘Yup’
Me: ‘Not the double chocolate chip cookies?’
DWC: ‘Nope.’
Me:...
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English Mum |
Apr 12th, 2011
From the sublime to the ridiculous…
So last week, then, after publishing my ‘woe is me’ blog post, feeling sorry for myself, hating everyone (not YOU obviously) and wanting desperately to curl back under the covers, I decided that a walk down the boat road was in order. Fresh air, I decided, would blow the cobwebs away.
The two, brand new baby calves were right by the gate. Obviously, as is my luck at the moment, this was the...
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English Mum |
Apr 11th, 2011
Throw away your baggies. I haz new pantz!
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED – THANKS FOR YOUR ENTRIES!
Come on, what are your pants like, then? No, I’m not being pervy. Have a quick look in the ol’ knicker drawer – are they slightly baggy and greying? Thought so.
Last week I had what I initially thought was some kind of weird spam email asking me how big my bottom was. Turns out, it was the lovely chaps from Lingerie Please...
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English Mum |
Apr 8th, 2011
Mrs Lister’s Q & A
Happy Friday! It’s a beautiful sunny day outside so I’m off to clean out the chickens: Lucy, my original Wyandotte (the only one who turned out to be female) and our new chook, Lily, who was a replacement for all the boys and who, incidentally, has started producing eggs finally! YAY!
In other news, my lovely friend Kerry reckons that you can tell whether someone’s either a knob or someone...
