Well, there’s no getting around it. Summer has waved a cheery farewell, taken hat in hand, and buggered off to the tropics for six months, leaving us to be bitten by frosts and sunk in seasonal gloom. On the other hand, this is the short-but-fruitful period before the first serious frosts, where the air is [...]
Archive for September, 2010
3 Sep
Trifle
Sherry is, almost without exception, a foul and noxious substance good only for cleaning drains, so why people insist on ruining a perfectly good trifle with it is beyond me. I’m aware of the pleasures of a glass of ice-cold fino with a plate of tapas, when on holiday, but other than that the world [...]
