Setting The Scene for Valentine's Day Now that the somewhat clichéd restaurant dinner out for Valentine's Day is somewhat…
A Civilized Solitude To quote Bette Midler, I have my standards; they're low, but I have them. Covid 19 may…
Kitchen Armour I am not the neatest of cooks, although I’m certainly one of the most enthusiastic. It took several…
A Primer in Agriculture Our Daily Bread, a silent and mesmerising film focused on industrial farming in Europe, inspired me…
La Revanche Vs The Revenge. What started as a visit to a French supplier of chocolates for La Cuisine became…
Winter of Discontent Life has been upside down since last March (with rumblings dating back to December 2019) so…
Non Tearful Farewell I have had enough. As you know from my last post in 2019, my most important Christmas…
A Christmas Eve Like No Other Obviously for us, this Christmas Eve is going to have fewer creatures stirring, except…
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas? The 2020 holiday season is going to be quieter than any other.…
A La Cuisine Christmas Tradition Since we closed the shop, I have received some desperate enquiries about the marvelously curated…