We have recently gone from taking turns in cooking dinners from scratch each weeknight to me batch cooking on the weekend for a few hours and this meaning that we cook about once during the week and we have stuff for lunches.

I'm curious how other people eat in the evenings. 

Let me start by saying I've got an excellent Kenwood mixer/processor/blender and a myriad of attachments.  I also have a slow cooker.  When I heard about this new amazing continental thing called a Thermomix or the local equivalent of a Kcook by Kenwood, I was interested to find out how these things could 'revolutionise my kitchen ( Read more... )

Further to this, the very helpful input I got has led me to a reduced (and probably saner) menu

Starter
Potato, Prune and bacon cake
Vegetable terrine (V)
Cucumber amd mint salad (V)
(Bread, butter, humous, pate and tapenade will be served)

Main
Salmon en croute
Spanakopita (V)
Tomato salad (olive oil and sea salt)(V)Roasted artichokes (V ( Read more... )

I'm looking for some input on a menu I'm planning.  Please assume you are either vegetarian or have no dietary requrements. (NB If I did have someone with other dietary requirements I would of course adjust accordingly).  This is a summer menu so is light on purpose.

Starter
Salmon and white fish terrine wrapped in spinach
Vegetable terrine with ( Read more... )

So I walk into Boots with an idea of finding a nice soft baby brush to brush Mira's tummy because she likes having her tummy stroked but the metal comb we have would hurt her ( Read more... )

Have read it and will soon re-read before I properly review.  Nice story, liked the theme of the outsider, the alternative concept to the identification of disease, found the ending a little trite and I like Fuzzy.

But even though it was written in 1960, WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?

A random though hit me today.  Many do but this one stuck.  In this day and age do we really need a bath in our homes?  I have had one bath in 8 months.  My mother has used her bath twice in twenty years but despite a tiny bathroom which necessitated a corner bath to make it fit, refuses to remove it and put in a far more practical walk in shower ( Read more... )

Since we have started being more sociable in our new house, I have started to pick up some tips that make this easier because when you have a number of guests round, you really don't want to be messing around with food.  I have developed a number of habits and divested a magnitude of guilt  Using this method, I can comfortably cope with up to about ( Read more... )

Thanks very much to everyone who replied.  I'm trying to concentrate on post 1950 stuff.  And I'm not too big on plagues and zombies.  I'll start with James White because most people named him.

Here's the list so far:
James White (Sector General series - 12 books) Various short stories
Greg Bear (Blood Music ( Read more... )

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