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18 June

by Alice

It began in January. An idea that bubbled up on a murky weekday evening and refused to go away. Dom and I were driving through town, talking about hot Italian summers and the trappings of a 9-5 job, when we came to it. “Why don’t we just leave it all? Move abroad, write for a living”, I half joked. Dom was silent for a...

June 18, 2017
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Life

FOOD

cauliflower steaks

Spice-Rubbed Cauliflower Steaks

Published by Alice

Hello 2017 – and hello to all of you – sorry I’m horribly late. Everything’s gone by so quickly – Christmas, New Year, delicious food – and I’ve let them slip...

January 18, 2017
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Main Course, Recipes

Laurie Colwin’s Bread

Published by Alice

I didn’t mean to be gone for so long, promise. As always, must try harder. Anyway, let’s get to business – to the here and now: late November, deep...

November 28, 2016
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Life, Light lunch, Recipes
ravioli di zucca e amaretti

Ravioli di Zucca e Amaretti

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A few weeks ago, in our old village church, my twin sister got married. It was wonderful, and I was floating atop a fluffy wedding cloud for days afterwards. Not just because...

October 3, 2016
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Italian, Life, Main Course
Cotswolds cottage

A charmed life

Published by Alice

Hello there. Today I come to you from my bath, where I’ve been with Stacey Kent and a glass of wine for the past half hour. It’s all very...

August 22, 2016
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Light lunch, Recipes

TRAVEL

Day Five: Crickets

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It must be a funny thing, to live with the constant hum of crickets – like tinnitus, I suppose. A long time today I sat listening to those crickets,...

June 19, 2016
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Travel

Day Four: Skala

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Skala reminds me of holidays as a child, in Spain, where you pay €6 for a pair of sunbeds and stay there all day. We do just that. The...

June 18, 2016
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Travel

Day Three: Fiscardo

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We wind our way along Kefalonia’s western coast, toing and froing from the ocean to the rocky headland, and after two hours of hairpin bends, we arrive at Fiscardo...

June 17, 2016
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Travel

Day Two: Sami and Melissani Cave

Published by Alice

A morning swim in an empty cove, the fishes tickling our toes. We watch another snorkeler stride out of the water holding a spear and his catch – an...

June 16, 2016
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Travel

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.”

Laurie Colwin

STORIES FROM THE TABLE

18 June

Published by Alice

It began in January. An idea that bubbled up on a murky weekday evening and refused to go away. Dom and I were driving through town, talking about hot...

June 18, 2017
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Life

December 21

Published by Alice

In the days since we last spoke I’ve taken my last trip to London for the year. I’ve also eaten all the mince pies and decided that in the...

December 21, 2016
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Life

December 13

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We live in a three-bedroom house, Dom and I. But honestly, two people have no need for that many rooms. It’s a perk, having an ironing room and a...

December 13, 2016
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Life

December 7

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Oh dear, it’s been a week since I last checked in. I really have been so incredibly busy with Christmas pudding making, tree decorating, and work. Mostly work. But...

December 7, 2016
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Life

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