Rose - June 2009 What is it about roses that inspires us endlessly?  O rose, thou art sick.  A rose by any other name. Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.  Gather ye rosebuds while ye...

It's funny how different people are. For me, the Daring Bakers challenges are terrifying to the point of paralysis. Even BYOB makes my chest tighten. But for loads of my fellow-food bloggers,...

Isn't it funny how we can flick through a magazine, but that certain types of articles will catch our eye time after time? For some, it might be any article about fashion. For others, it might be...

Happy New Year! May 2009 bring you health, happiness and success in all you endeavour to do. I hope you all had a good time last night, however you chose to celebrate (or contemplate!). We are...

When I was a kid, we definitely had certain food associated with certain days. Fish and chips or Cranzgots pizzas were for Friday afternoons. Fondues were for a treat on Friday nights (come on, it...

Remember high school exams?  The hard work, the anxiety about failure, the vaguely hysterical laughter every time you called a friend to ask how their studying was going, and the euphoria of opening the paper and realising that you had condentrated on...

Tribune Tower, Chicago - October 2008 One of the most iconic buildings in Chicago is the famous Tribune Tower.  Completed in 1925, it houses the Chicago Tribune newspaper as well as WGN Radio which broadcasts from a studio with windows onto the...

I am mostly a positive person, and I mostly love living here in London.  But every now and then you just have one of those afternoons.  Next week is the week-long training programme at work for which I am solely responsible, so the afternoon was...

You all know the feeling.  The knot in your stomach.  The tightness in your chest.  The shallow breaths and elevated heart-rate. The shooting pains down your left arm. Yes, folks, the festive season is upon us.  The knot in your stomach is from...

  Sometimes, only comfort food will do. Maybe it's the windy, rainy weather.  Maybe it was the rather stressful Friday and Saturday I spent co-ordinating a training seminar for nearly 100 people in Croydon last weekend.  Or the nasty tummy...