Phyl's Blog

I noticed some new cheeses recently in ASDA. I hadn't tried these before so bought them, being a big cheese fan. I would highly recomme...

The WHO says I shouldn't start feeding Amaia (remember the 10lb baby) till she is 26 weeks old - ie in another 5 weeks. The WHO is bar...

  A day out Originally uploaded by PhylB I know I'm going to come across as a sad middle-class cow but I'm going to share this with...

For goodness sake! What kind of planet are we living on???? I'd be horrified if I had an 18 month old who couldn't identify fruit an...

I know rumour has it I am going to be 42 next week, but given I am from the UK, admitting that I have never made jam, marmalade or anything...

My major garlic press rant of last autumn did not go unnoticed! When Amaia was born last week, Sabine dropped by with a cuddly bear and a b...

When Léon and I were in Manhattan a few years ago we decided to go up the Empire State Building one morning because our jet lag had got us u...

Years ago I bought an Indian cookbook. Although I like most of the recipes it offers and am planning to make a nice aromatic fish curry ou...

It's funny trying to grow your own veg. I've never bothered with more than tomatoes in the window sills before but Thomas has got me...

Because English uses bizarre words like beef and pork instead of cow and pig for meat, I remember the surprise shown by Marcel and Lots whe...

Now here's a strange thing. I may have mentioned Anna is your archetypal hunter-gatherer baby - she either wants meat, or berries. She e...

I experienced it once before years ago when a workmate, Daphne, gave me some cherry tomato seeds. I grew the tomatoes on the windowledge of ...

Mashed Potatoes Originally uploaded by jugglerpm Thomas seems a tad more worried by green-skinned potatoes than me. In fact he approaches th...

One of the problems with having an aversion to instruction manuals is the fact that that spills over into recipe usage. I wouldn't say I...

Last spring I suggested a day trip to Largs because it was a nice day. I imagined a nice drive, a stroll along the beach and an ice cream at...

I know Anna was born in a big hurry back in 2007 and probably never left my side for the 24 or so hours I was in hospital. I know too that s...

For the best part of the last three weeks we have had every meal outside. We have even had breakfast under the parasol some mornings. Bliss!...

  Yummy ketchup Originally uploaded by PhylB I am beginning to feel like a freak. Everyone in my house loves ketchup and I just can't a...

I was in Chinatown in Garnethill today getting some shopping. Being in the Chinese supermarket reminded me about another rant. How do Schwar...

bow of the USS Lemon Meringue Originally uploaded by zen Thomas has been gardening all day and is too knackered to cook. I checked the freez...