I think I always knew that I don't like goat's cheese but it's only relatively recently that I came to realise I don't need to. Some years ago, before that epiphany, I was on holiday and a persuasive man in a French market told me that he had a hard goat's cheese which would convert me. I was … [Read more...] about When Perseverance Is Really Worth It
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Inadvertent Vegetarian
I've realised this week that I have become a weekday vegetarian. I only know this because on Wednesday nobody felt like cooking and the children decided to get take-out from Nando's. "What do you want?" my son asks me as I'm flicking through the menu on my phone. "Umm, I'll have the Beanie … [Read more...] about Inadvertent Vegetarian
Inadvertent Birthday Hustling
I've been researching and writing a piece on "Hustle Culture" this week which has taken a lot more time than I'd anticipated. As a consequence, I have got behind with my other work. One evening, after we've cleared the dinner plates I say, "I've got to finish an "Ask A Therapist" question … [Read more...] about Inadvertent Birthday Hustling
Listening To Jazz
Tiring of the 80s playlist I'd felt enthusiastic about when putting it on "Twisted Sister" are the final straw and I switch to something called "Jazz in the background" which seems to fit the mood for a Saturday evening dinner. Daisy, the Labrador, sidles out of the kitchen and curls up next to … [Read more...] about Listening To Jazz
The Orange
I'm making Cornetti, grating orange zest, and adding it to the dough. While I do so the children are arguing about which way up the forks and knives have to go in the dishwasher cutlery basket. My daughter says that the only reason she doesn't load the dishwasher is that my son complains that … [Read more...] about The Orange