Thanks to Open Sight in Hampshire (UK), we are now an international group of visually impaired people baking together to create classic tea-time treats that we will be able to share with friends and family once our virus restrictions are…
I was Celebrating International women’s Day on 8 March with a bread anyone can make (5 minutes mixing plus 30 in the oven). Ideal for women (and men) who want something simple and homemade after a day at work ,…
Risotto pescatori. Liz, I know that you are out there! I wonder if you remember us searching restaurants in Caserta looking for one that would serve both spaghetti alla putenesca for you and risotto pescatori for me? My recollection…
What Government organisation interacts with just about every disabled person in the country and should be leading the field on accessibility etc? Give up? It is our National Health Service and you may already have heard the reports that disabled…
Another week of culinary experiments – it is good to have the leisure with lock-down. Firstly, I’m proud to report that the sous chef’s panettoni was magnificent on the second try and made full use of the faffing candied…
No, it was super to be doing another on-line cook-in this week -mainly people from Hampshire but also drop-ins from India and Holland. We were doing the excellent ginger biscuits which seemed to work for most people but…
Part of the fatigue management programme (see last posting) is about doing something each day just for fun and pleasure. This week, it has been candied peel for the sous chef who has been making panettone, that tall Italian…
I’m half-way through my “fatigue management” programme – trying to resolve the shattering exhaustion that can creep up on me following the accident. Getting thoroughly overtired plus the slower brain (another consequence) on top of blindness makes me a…
It was all a bit traumatic: still wary of being in a car since the accident; the first time in another enclosed space for many months; having to go through all the injuries from nearly three years ago. The final…
Many will know that I don’t eat cheese, loathe the smell of it and it gives me migraines. So it was a sign of true love to order a whole Stilton for Christmas. I confess I was somewhat laissez-faire in…
