The Benjamin Wayne Smith – garlic as a cocktail.
Garlic is an interesting vegetable. Its flavour and pungent after-effect divides people into those who do ‘do’ garlic and those who don’t ‘do’ garlic. I used to be one of…
View ArticleQuick Summer pasta with smoked salmon and cream
Picture a beach house, the waves crashing under the deck. Add a book, one you are really engrossed in, and a couple of dogs demanding to frolic in the sand…
View ArticleMashed sweet potatoes with chipotle
I can’t quite remember at what point chipotles entered my awareness. Certainly, I didn’t taste them before I came to the United States. Now, I am convinced they make everythingRead moreMashed sweet...
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My head as heavy and dense as a watermelon, my nasal passages as stuffed as a cannoli, I sit on the sofa, feeling sorry for myself, trying to occupy theRead moreCollapsing time
View ArticleMy first cup of coffee
I tiptoe down the stairs in the menacing darkness, forced to count the steps: six to the landing and then seven more to the entrance hall. I rouse Ottie, unwillingRead moreMy first cup of coffee
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