Anyone who knows me, knows I love my food and that I can’t stand wasting it. Whether it’s giving away the last piece of pie to a neighbour, or taking leftover muffins to work, wasting food just seems plain wrong. Unfortunately, I’m just as guilty as everyone else when it comes to forgetting what’s in…
Gin, my friend. I have missed you.
Glamourpuss Miss Pond I hope your Jubilee weekend was fun. Mine is proving exceptionally so, so far, beginning with an evening of cocktails with the lovely Miss Pond. Properly glammed up, we started in The Alchemist, for some much needed gin-based fun and frolics. A rosebud later and I was desperate for something pretty and…
Foodie Pen Pals
If you haven’t heard of the Foodie Pen Pal scheme, allow me to enlighten you a little. I came across it via the blog of Northwest Nosh, who is a member of the program and whose posts I read regularly. It was started in September 2011 by Lean Green Bean in the USA and…
Three Wine Men…. Indeed They Are
I don’t pretend to know anything about wine. I know I like it. I usually know which I like and which I’m not so keen on. And I’m not afraid to try something new. Also, I confess, I sometimes judge a wine by it’s bottle. Oz Clarke in full flow You’ll know from my previous,…
Given enough gin…
Just a quick post, before I write about Three Wine Men. One of my big loves, hence the name of the blog is gin. Hendricks with tonic and cucumber, a cherry bitch or a Tom Collins… I love it’s strength, it’s fragrance, it’s flavour. So when I came across the work by Of Life and…
Winning Week (aka Smug Cow)
Forgive me for being a little smug this week. It’s been fabulous, with our most recent WI meeting on Tuesday and it’s to end with Three Wine Men at MoSI. Wednesday’s adventure was a trip to The Lowry to see Robin Ince talk – I’m a big geek and the combination of a clever, funny…
Manchester WI
Last night was the first full meeting of the Manchester WI. The venue for the meeting was the fabulous Baronial Hall, Chethams School of Music, in central Manchester. We set up a series of tables around the room, so we could invite new ladies to not only sign up to be a full member, but also…