I never realised (until we booked our holiday!) that the town of Halifax, Nova Scotia is only six hours or so away from London. If I knew that, I'd have gone there a lot earlier. It's not a huge city, but the people ar…
Medical students get examined a lot. Like a lot. While it's horrendous when you're in the middle of it, it makes good sense - after all, who wants a doctor (or wants to be a doctor) that doesn't know their stuff. Af…
Our second Torontan food stop was Apiecalypse Now! , an all vegan pizzeria (if those three words aren't enough to get your juices going, they have a bar upstairs and dessert options that will have you growing a new sweet too…
This recipe has been sitting around waiting for me to post it for a good while. I think the bergamot season is sometime in March so, yep, it took a while getting around to it. *looks at the floor, prods carpet with toe guiltily…
The last time I posted, it was back in June, which means I've been quiet for a whole five weeks. I love spending a bit of time on my blog, so it wasn't an intentional hiatus, it's just that those five weeks were bus…
This month, my kitchen has been seeing double. Check it out: Terre a Terre , the Brighton veggie restaurant, ran a Twitter competition for National Vegetarian Week, asking for homemade versions of its dishes. I've got t…
I have my end of year exams in three weeks. Yes, I am faintly terrified. And by faintly, I mean totally. So, my days are mainly spent sat at my desk, staring out the window at my garden and the beginnings of a beautiful summer,…
I've been trying to cut down on my plastic waste of late. I read the book of Zero Waste Home the other day, and since then, I've been looking at our kitchen and the waste it generates with a baleful look. It's…
When I was making this pesto, wild garlic was in season. Now, not so much. That's how long it's taken me to actually get around to writing this post. That's exam season for you -- I want to be making pesto, instead I&…
If you're a vegan in London, or just a vegan with a Twitter feed that has any London vegans on it, then you'll have seen the news a few weeks ago that the sandwich chain Pret was opening a second all-veggie branch. …
I don't often get out to Richmond, and I don't know why. I think I once contracted a violent and inexplicable dislike to Richmond park, and the crowds of people hanging around the river, and had to avoid the region for a…
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