Obsession with cook books

September 9th, 2009

I have rather an obsession with cook books.  It sounds strange when I come to write it because I don’t actually cook from them very often.  The only time I ever consult them is when we have a dinner party and I want to cook something special.  I mention this because my mother in law [...]

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Eating and drinking

August 19th, 2009

As I have previously mentioned, I love my wine.  I think I am quite traditional as to when and where I drink it.  A bottle of white wine on a simple picnic in a beautiful area is wonderful.  I have recently discovered Wollaton hall, gardens and deer park, which is the perfect place for a [...]

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Eating out

June 14th, 2009

In my last blog, I advocated cooking; to be specific it was cooking at home.
 
The thing is I’m not against eating out either, until buying our house we used to frequent Mr Manns; a Chinese restaurant, very close to Wollaton park in Nottingham.  This is the restaurant in which I proposed to my wife, and [...]

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Cooking at home

June 13th, 2009

A few years ago both my fiancée and I were unemployed at the same time for about a month, it was weird not having anything to do and our lives revolved around food.  We planned what we were going to eat, went shopping for it, cooked it and then ate it.  My parents in law [...]

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