Yearly Archives: 2008

The week to date has been a blur of eating, drinking, reading, writing, talking, eating, drinking and so on. It’s been productive writing time for me, though I feel like every hour is filled, and manage to write only late … Continue reading →

On Friday we decided to re-enact our historic walk (last year) in the Kent countryside, and so we did. We walked to Luddesdown whose church was closed again. Nearby we saw again this old (? grain mill?) but last year … Continue reading →

A last walk round Parma on Wednesday, before I left. Local artists have left their mark on the pots and pans since they first appeared in November. Snowing in Borgo della Pace? Market day as busy as ever. Enoteca Fontana … Continue reading →

I was worried when the website for Ristorante Mosaiko dropped off the virtual map, but the place itself is still three dimensional, and chef Davide di Dio assured me that the website was only being redesigned, and would return one … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s lunch was a delight, in the clean bright and delicious world of Croce di Malta in central Parma. I’d had a wretched supper the night before, ill-advisedly following an internet recommendation of Trattoria Corrieri, a place I’d passed a … Continue reading →