Bits and Pieces: Holidays Category

Up to five days ago, I never knew of the existence of The Krug Room.  We were having drinks in Hong Kong, and Mr. B (our fine dining guru) suddenly mentioned The Krug Room.  “There are only THREE Krug Rooms in the world,” he said calmly, “and one of them is located right here in […]

Precious moments. Basking in the warmth of the fading summer sun in Winchester. Walking in the rain in London, puddles of water splashing with every heavy footstep. Inhaling the scent of wet grass and sheep droppings in Avebury. Marvelling at the 90,000+ mobilephone wave at a Coldplay concert in Wembley as Viva La Vida thunders […]

“Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray; Along the cool sequester’d vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.” -From Thomas Gray’s poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, from which Thomas Hardy derived the name for his novel, Far From the Madding Crowd– I […]

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Food, for me, is a means to an end and not an end in itself.

Food, for me, represents the love of family, the fellowship of friends, and the community and communality it brings.