Christmas Eve It’s 6.30am, Christmas Eve, and I’m sitting in my little office in my pink dressing gown, trying to be creative. I’ve already done Facebook, ticking a few likes, saying Happy Christmas to my ‘friends’ and ignoring loads of nuisance adverts. But I’m amazed at the hundreds of readers that have shown an interest […]
What a difference a year makes …… This time last year, January 2014, as some of you readers may know, I was incredibly worried and didn’t know who to turn to. 3 days after Christmas, 2013, I woke up to discover 2 ‘lumps’. New Years Eve, 2013, saw me not having my hair or nails […]
The Pipe and Glass Inn – Another Accolade The Pipe and Glass Inn has just been named in The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants in Britain this Sunday. And guess who was treated to a wonderful meal on this very Sunday? Erik and myself, plus sister Gina and her husband, Peter. Bet you’re thinking “Well, […]
One lost appetite: Help! This is definitely not a good thing to happen to a Food Blogger, especially to me, Astrid. Lover of food, fine wines, (OK, cheap wines as well), meat, fish, shell-fish (not allowed at all at the moment),chocolate (too sweet now), even water! This is all down to the latest Chemo drug […]
Slight Change of Plan ……! In the words of Rene in the comedy ‘allo, allo,’ “I will say zis only once.” There has occurred a slight change of plan! When I wrote the post, ‘What’s happening here in 2014’, I was looking forward to a year of change. Of building a fabulous garden room adjoining the house, […]
We are in Smoked Salmon Heaven, after eating the best Smoked Salmon and Gravad Lax we have ever eaten, and all from an amazing Smoke House only a few miles away from where we live. One of the items on my 5 year old grandson’s (Archie) Christmas wish list for food to be eaten at our […]
Next week, if all goes to plan, the Sharing our Food Adventures website is going to be relaunched. We are having a fresh look, similar but more up-to-date, and getting around the site should be slightly easier, for you and for us. Our Emporium (for shopping) will have its own area, and the blog and […]
We have a lounge! At long last! One room in the house that doesn’t make us feel ashamed when friends or family arrive. One room down, only nine to do now. But how lovely to sit in our newly decorated lounge, in front of our glowing new log burner, and turn the lights and lamps […]
Setting off early last Sunday morning, Erik and myself filled up our pockets from the local cash point in anticipation of loads of delectable goodies then headed off to the Beverley Food Festival. The sun was shining, the roads were empty (it was 9.15 am), so within 20 minutes the stunning Beverley Minster came into […]
How do you get over the loss of a member of your family. Especially if that member has been with you for over 12 years – has watched and nurtured and protected all 5 of your grandchildren, and has given you so much pleasure that it almost hurts? Well, my way of getting over the […]
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