What happened during "Freshers' Week" stays in the dim and distant past.

It was going fine. She in her cute dress, the champagne cold, kids off to bed early, lights dim and candles lit. Our first course was some nice liver pate with crusty bread and salad. Then I served up the main course, a sort of  Stroganoff-style thing served over wide noodles.… Read full post »

There are two things to do with watermelon. The first is simply to chop it up and stick it on a plate. The second is much more fun.

Ingredients:

1 Watermelon, big but not huge.

1 Bottle of tequila (I find Cuervo Gold is fine for this enterprise).

1 Helper… Read full post »

Charlie Simpson, a little boy in Fulham, a suburb of London, was upset by what he saw on TV during coverage of the Haiti earthquake. He was determined to do something to help, and decided to do a sponsored bike ride. With the help of his parents he set up a… Read full post »

My mother-in-law's recipe for Zucchini Zoup, modified a little by me to drop the fat content a bit.

 2 pounds of zucchini, sliced

2 medium potatoes, diced

1 medium onion, diced

2 tablespoons  olive oil

1 cup or more (I get carried away) cashew nuts (broken bits/halves will… Read full post »