Author Archives: Rhona

 

In which I revisit a couple of cooking sites

Jan 11

I was feeling so much better this evening, and checking a few food/recipe sites, testing my tolerance for pictures of food (still fairly low – glad that so far you don’t get aromas through the laptop) and I noticed a … Continue reading →

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Sick of being sick, food in Britain, and copyrighting recipes

Jan 10

I have been languishing in my sickbed for two solid days, mostly too ill for meditation, although I have reached the following conclusion: surely the ailment that delivers the hardest blow to the solar plexis of the student of food … Continue reading →

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Innocent fun with hot beverages

Jan 5

Needing some fresh air, I took a walk around Oltretorrente, just across the river; BBC Weather said it was foggy and cold. Who can you trust? I was trying to study some Italian this afternoon when I got distracted by … Continue reading →

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Corn and turkeys

Jan 4

I was confused when I first moved to England about use of the term “corn” – which to North Americans means the yellow kernels that brighten every summer picnic. In England it’s used in its traditional and more wide-ranging sense, … Continue reading →

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Felice Anno Nuovo!

Jan 1

Saturday night in the duomo: Gospel in Cattedrale by Cheryl Porter – singing in English and preaching in fluent Italian. With her International Gospel Messengers. In Parma, New Year’s is all about the fireworks. Garbage cans were not the only … Continue reading →

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