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Omissions and improvisations

  Clearing out the freezer and store cupboards brings surprises and challenges.  This week, a pack of Spanish dried ham emerged blinking into the daylight from a Christmas past. I confess to using de-frosted bought shortcrust pastry to make the…

Cheer up weary fruit

  If it’s getting towards the end of the week and the fruit bowl is looking a bit sorry for itself, here’s a super hot dessert.  When shopping can take too long and some food is hard to get, it…

BOGOF

If your self-isolating hoard of UHT milk tastes awful in tea, here’s the answer: homemade yoghurt plus the vital ingredient for a simple bread.  Two for the price of one. The yoghurt is blissfully simple: just heat half a litre…

Blindness for Beginners

  Maribel and I compared notes about living with visual impairment when we cooked together in her Melbourne homehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9OnaZzQTkI&feature=youtu.be and she gave me her top tips for surviving blindness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX8dvHsuamE&feature=youtu.be Now she has published her latest book, “Blindness for Beginners”, to share…

Life after Service

  Hear my radio interview with the British Forces Broadcasting Service  today: 1800 UK time www.forces.net and follow links to BFBSUK. There are lots of us with stories about our adventures after leaving  the Navy, Army or Air Force.  If you want…

  Help HMRC to help us One of my roles (when I’m not  running my business www.disabilitydynamics.co.uk or Baking Blind www.bakingblind.com) is trying to advise  HMRC on making services more accessible. They are currently looking for self-employed people or business owners who are…

Get nominating!

  I’m very honoured to be judging the “Inclusion“ category award in this prestigious BBC event.  There are six other categories too.  I’m sure that many of you will know someone who perfectly fits the bill.  Please do take the…

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