jdettmannApr 10, 20173 minHow to Make Terrible GnocchiThe pesto would have been better tossed with small snails than with the gnocchi I made. I know I have a tendency to toot my own horn on...
jdettmannJun 29, 20163 minIt Turns Out, You Can Go Home AgainSample bookshelf from my parents’ attic: Just one of the many collections of books that tells you probably more than you need to know...
jdettmannApr 17, 20152 minThe Mysterious Chocolate Cookies of MiseryI made the cookies using an amalgamation of recipes on the internet, which I found by googling ‘cacao almond cookies’. They all contained...
jdettmannNov 22, 20122 minTalking TurkeyActually, this year the game of Move The Tables From The Verandah To The Garden And Back Again Thrice As The Weather Changes was knocked...
jdettmannJun 26, 20122 minAbsence Makes The Weather Grow Colder.Um, no. I haven’t got a good reason. I was just off, you know, living my life and trying to keep warm. Oh, and GROWING A HUMAN, too,...
jdettmannMay 14, 20123 minLunch Of The Week: Mushroom Barley Soup With Grilled Feta ToastBetter a terrible photo than none at all, that’s what I always say. I couldn’t put my spoon down long enough to take a photo with two...
jdettmannMay 4, 20123 minCooking With Gusto: Blackberry Sponge PuddingIt has, as you might expect, a very small freezer section. We like to keep it very full of food stacked so precariously that it is...
jdettmannApr 13, 20122 minWhat I’ve Liked This Week: Learning to Be On Holiday EditionSwimming in an ocean rock pool. I am a bit slow, clearly, but I have finally discovered a place that has all the nice seawater of the...
jdettmannMar 23, 20122 minMy Kitchen’s Adequate: Or How I Resisted The Title ‘Salad Days’Anyway, My Kitchen Rules is a cooking competition, and last night the competitors each had to choose a dish and cook it in ninety...
jdettmannMar 16, 20121 minAnd Finally, Monsieur, A Wafer-Thin Mint.As you can see, this is a very ordinary photograph of some bacon in a bain marie. Why would anyone put such a bad picture on their blog,...
jdettmannMar 14, 20122 minSmells Like Too Many SpiritsThis week I moved all our wine from the hall cupboard into wine racks on top of the spare room wardrobe, relocating the spirits to the...
jdettmannMar 12, 20122 minYou’re Older Than You’ve Ever Been And Now You’re Even OlderApproximately how many candles I will need for my birthday cake this year. It’s my birthday soon. I’ll be older than ever before. There...
jdettmannJan 28, 20123 minHighly CommendedThe Show is a two-day affair, Friday and Saturday, and a celebration of all things agricultural. It is also, in its own way and perhaps...
jdettmannJan 23, 20123 minGoing ViralDid you know there is such a thing as Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease? No? Well, you do now. I highly recommend not google-image searching...
jdettmannDec 19, 20112 minThere Will Be Festivity … And A Little Bit Of BeggingDecorating: done (yes, all my bookshelves are this pretentious) There are but three shopping days left until Christmas, dear reader(s)....
jdettmannNov 28, 20113 minTravel GobstoppersMy kitchen is as tidy as my photographs are focused. As the day when we board a plane for a fourteen-hour flight with a toddler grows...