Spooky entry for the iPhone diary…
One of our hotels is very old, full of history and one or two stoires of spooky happenings. One of my trainee chefs was asking me about the possibility of paranormal activity in the hotel as she is interested in all things spiritual. I told her about the underground passages […]
iPhone diary pontificates…
It’s funny how something quite ordinary can take your mind off into another time and place all together. I often get this when I watch what is going on around me, more so in the workplace as I watch my chefs go about their tasks, seemingly oblivious to what I am reminded of […]
iPhone records a crisis….
It was inevitable that at some point my iPhone diary would have to record the snow falling, we’ve managed to escape it for most of the 2011/12 winter but now two inches of it has brought British suburbia to a standstill. For those of you outside the UK you have to try […]
iPhone diary for Saturday 3rd February 2012…
Rolling the butter…we make lots of different types of flavoured butters also known as compound butters in the kitchens, some are used to flavour bruschetta and fish, others to thicken and flavour reductions for sauces.
I first wrote about this nearly four years ago and offered some variations on flavours […]
iPhone catches a thief!..
That’s it I told myself, bloody pigeons pinching all of the bird seed from my table feeder. I get remarkably grumpy when anything larger than a blackbird eats the food I put out. They should know it’s not meant for them! So, yesterday morning I went out to peruse the extensive gardens […]
iPhone Diary continues…
I want to include things in my diary that I can look back on and think ‘bloody hell’. The photo for today will serve as a perfect reminder of the way I write menus and later in the week I shall post another which shows the finished product.
The photograph shows a pad and […]
iPhone diary has the answer!…
Cardio and more especially stationary bike is incredibly dull, I dislike it with a passion but it has to be done. As my weight training moves into its next phase (see yesterday’s entry) I have been instructed to double the amount of cardio I am doing and as my instructor weighs […]
iPhone diary weight checker!…
Well, after eating like a proverbial horse for the last six months it is now time to diet down and see if I have achieved anything at all in the gym. This diet lark isn’t easy but I enjoy the discipline of it and feel better for shedding a few pounds. Despite […]
Travels with my iPhone…
I took this image yesterday and it struck me that my local council were being quite brave here. It is the St. George cross and the flag of the English which, rather sadly has become synomynous with the National Front movement. In recent years stories have turned up about the use of […]
iPhone diary for Sunday 29th January 2012..
This last week has seen me spend as much free time in my studio as possible. I love it in there, it’s a quiet, relaxing and inspiring. My friend Laurie has recently become the main UK distributor for an American bodybuilding brand of clothing and I’ve been photographing some […]