I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.
Also, in a funny way, if you have been happily married there are no unresolved areas, nothing to prove to yourself after the other dies.
On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.
Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.
That Great Cocktail Cabinet in the Sky...
I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out.
And, in a funny way, each death is different and you mourn each death differently and each death brings back the death you mourned earlier and you get into a bit of a pile-up.
The best sorts of leftover meals are those that are glorified picnics. Alongside the cold meats, you need a good purchased pâté en croûte—one made with veal or duck would be just the thing. Also put o...
In England and America people tend to graze all day long, but I think it's such a waste to be constantly picking at food because you then can't enjoy a proper full meal when the time comes.
I put the kitch into kitchen.
You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.
When confidence is undermined or ruptured, it can be difficult to do the simplest things, or to take any enjoyment even in trying.
In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.
GORGONZOLA & CANNELLINI DIP WITH A TRICOLORE FLOURISH I LOVE THIS COMBINATION OF BLUE CHEESE AND WHITE BEANS, but I have to say its gorgeousness is due in no small part to the mascarpone and Marsala t...