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Writing tagged: ‘food and drink’

Marmalade alchemy

Marmalade

A good way to spend a snowy day.

Published 02-Feb-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: food and drink, snow

26 January 2020

Marmalade
Marmalade

Making our yearly double-batch of marmalade.

Published 26-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: food and drink

22 December 2019

Sloe gin

Putting the ‘slow’ in sloe gin.

Published 22-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, Christmas, food and drink, sloes, winter

12 December 2019

Fishcakes!

I am a domestic goddess!

Published 12-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: food and drink

4 April 2019

Eggs

An equitable arrangement.

Published 04-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, food and drink, Hebden Bridge

13 January 2019

Marmalade

Making marmalade.

Published 13-Jan-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, food and drink, Hebden Bridge

31 December 2018

Rudi

On geese and crispy duck pancakes.

Published 31-Dec-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Christmas, dogs, food and drink, geese, Hebden Bridge

Recent Newsletters

  • Newsletter No. 28: ‘Breaking my golden rule’
    Thoughts on nature writing · Richard Feynman · Vikings! · Bronze Age diets · recovered daguerreotypes · transit of Phobos · Alice Roberts · Cal Flyn
  • Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’
    The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova
  • Newsletter No. 26: ‘Slits for pupils’
    Research triage · filing your nuggets · pupil shapes · Amy Liptrot · moths and bats · critical reading · early medieval history · Tim Dee · book reviews

Recent Sidelines

  • A long way
    A trip to Ireland.
  • In the early hours
    A bad night’s sleep has unforeseen benefits.
  • Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
    There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.

Recent Articles

  • Giving fiascos a bad name
    How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
  • Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
    To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

News

  • 2021: a year in photos
    My eleventh annual video slideshow.
  • HebWeb interview
    I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.

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