Moving right along: we find ourselves in Catania, nestled at the foot of a gently simmering Etna. What are you going to do when faced with imminent eruption? You go out to eat, of course! So after a day tramping around the Duomo and creeping through the tunnels of the Achillean Baths, perspiring discreetly and …
Right -- let's get into it. For some reason, we find ourselves on the island of Sicily. Among many associations of the place, one everyone will agree on is its food and drink. And as Daniela is the daughter of a chef, who grew up in restaurants and kitchens, food and drink are always high …
Continue reading Amberjack, polpo and liquore di mandorle: Pittito, Agrigento
OK, so it would come as no surprise to my seven-odd readers that this blog has been languishing in the doldrums for some time now, with the odd surge of 'content' regarding birds and photography and stuff. The question arises: abandon or rejig? Truth be told, I rather like getting the stew of thoughts in …
Let's take a break from the sadder aspects of the Kestrels' struggle to raise their offspring at the Block of Flats and have a look at something common to all living things' drive to survive: food. The wise scholars at Wikipedia tell us that the Nankeen Kestrel's "Diet is varied, with a large number of …
Well, yesterday was the last day of spring, not that you'd know it from the chill and damp days behind us. It's been less the force that through the green fuse drives the flower, and more the muted chesty cough of a secret TB sufferer. Thank you climate change, and thank you La Niña. Three …
We interrupt this flow of birdie navel-gazing to report from the island of the Gods, Bali. Don't fret -- normal service will resume shortly and once again we'll maunder on about raptors, Archie and all that jazz. But, to quote George, it's been a long cold lonely winter. And a long cool wet summer before …
It wouldn’t be surprising if, unlike me, you aren’t familiar with the finer points of the first Muppet Movie. Maybe it’s a generational thing, or maybe we were starved of sophisticated entertainment in sanctions-bound 1979 Zimbabwe, but be that as it may, for some reason this jolly musical romp remains vivid in the old memory …
There's a rock by the side of the King’s Highway not far outside Braidwood which is often adorned with birthday wishes, painted in bright colours with the name and age of the lucky person. The date when this tradition started is lost to history, but it’s always a point of interest to see the latest …
Thinking a bit about the various variations of my chosen profession, writing, had me reminiscing a bit about a man I spent a lot of time with in the late ‘80s. Out of choice, initially, and then because he’d kind of moved in and couldn’t be evicted. The man was American poet E. E. Cummings …
It’s time we talked food again – it’s been a while but rest assured, we have continued to eat. Now, with winter coming on, our thoughts turn naturally to hearty, nutritious soups. There’s nothing quite like a big pot bubbling on the stove to add a note of cosy domesticity to the place – and …
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