Cooking, loving and hating by a regular inebriate, master thesis-dodger, pseudo-foodie and all-round trouble maker.
Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Oh dear!

I haven’t been posting. I’ve been busy working actually, which is never an impressive boast – loads of people work. Last Friday was terrible, I had a scratchy voice from a bug I caught off a friend who’d been in the Middle East recently – yes, some part of my work involves needing a clear voice on a Friday night (no, I'm not a singer). The idea of having a bug that has travelled around the world irked me more than interested me.

I don’t generally delve into the boring domestic affairs – work, etc. But I thought it would be worth a mention – bad Friday, long days and an international cold.

Our Blue is looking aces again, and we’ve had ample rain so here is for hoping the grazing will improve. I have noticed an early change of season in they air, almost like autumn slowly sneaking in.

 I also haven’t been cooking – which is devastating but I have managed to get my mitts on MasterChef US so we’ve been watching a lot of cooking. It isn’t the same.

It is knuckle-down season for me, over the next two months I'll be busy every Tuesday night and every Friday night. That's on top of working during the week. Oef!

I've a cake a to bake, just for fun and I think I'll tackle it next weekend. Chocolate, of course. If I get it done, dear intertrons, you'll be the very first to know. And also, we've postponed picking up Yatan - my mate and myself have had some things to work out. I was busy with work and she has been busy sorting our everything else. We are hoping to load the man soon though.

Friday, 13 January 2012

Love+observations

1) There is a facebook group called 'Writer's Guild South Africa'. I wonder, who is this other-worldly writer that comprises a whole guild? Does he/she have a hunting knife strapped to his/her shin? A single writer doth not a whole guild make.

2) Blooka Palooka's leg is better, much better. The recovery was so quick and miraculous I have decided to give her a guild unto herself. Well done tough lass.

3) Last night I watched a b-rate horror movie whilst eating chocolate ice-cream out of a mug with a long spoon.

4) I'm too afraid of short-crust pastry to even try and mix a batch.

5) All my friends are insane.

Observe, you won't regret it.

Monday, 24 October 2011

Live, Love, Cook

The key ingredients to happiness varies. It depends really, on who you are. I live knee-deep in horses and hounds, I cook (most recently chocolate cake) and I try to get on with the business of living in spite of everything.

This blog is a journal, a record of everyday. I hope you enjoy it :)


Baking this makes me happy!

 Cake: dark chocolate ganache