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Author Archives: Rhona
Pausing in Parma
So I’m back in Parma, bracing myself for an earrrrrly train tomorrow. I’m going to Bra, which is not so very far but an absolute pig to get to by train. Four hours or so. Oh well. The destination will, … Continue reading
London tasties
A couple of good chows before I left London this week. First, tapas at the Salt Yard, where some very tasty grilled bread with alioli was followed by some other things: padron peppers, stuffed courgette flowers stuffed with ewe’s milk … Continue reading
Look both ways
Time is slipping by without my being able to keep up. I’ll finish off Oxford when I can, but meanwhile here is what happened last week. Monday night was a long awaited magazine launch reading at Foyle’s: Seam is an … Continue reading
More Oxford
(**This post was lurking in my unposted half-finished back-(b)log and pertains to two previous posts from September 2007: apologies if it reaches and confuses current subscribers!) We went round the mulberry tree on Sunday. I don’t believe I’d ever eaten … Continue reading
Saturday afternoon
Moving on from the already full morning, on Saturday afternoon I went to a talk by Rachel Laudan, on how food makes us moral agents – more or less virtuous. She presented two trays of foods representing opposing value systems: … Continue reading