I went to see Belle & Sebastian on Saturday night at the (relatively) new Newcastle Academy. They were very good, excellent in fact. Stuart Murdoch has an amazing voice. Their new album The Life Pursuit is out on February 6th (NME review).
It was my 26th birthday yesterday. Mum gave me two bottles of malt [...]
I went to the Farmets market in Tynemouth yesterday morning. Picked up some pork belly, black pudding, stewing steak from a Dexter (I wanted shin but they’d sold out), some goats cheese and a rabbit.
The rabbit was whole so I had to joint it. Fortunately Hugh Fearnley–Whittingstall’s excellent book Meat provided directions. It also [...]
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A surprisingly good combination. The apples were from Rhian’s parents’ garden and were good and sharp. I had been given them before Xmas and I’d stewed and frozen them. The apple’s sharpness complemented the sweetness of the bananas perfectly.
The crumble topping wasn’t as good as normal. I [...]
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I have recently acquired a fascination with dals (or is it dhal, dahl, or even daal?) and chapatis. I’m not sure I can explain why this is. As far as the dal is concerned, I think it’s something to do with the comforting nature of the dish allied to it’s simplicity and frugality. It’s [...]
