Autumn has finally hit Hampstead – and here are the Lawn Road acers in their full glory! …
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Chicken texture… Roasting v. poaching v. boiling…
A few weeks ago we were, as you do, discussing chicken flesh... My son made the point that if you poach the whole chicken, covered in liquid, as you would to make Avgolemono soup for example, or a classic Jewish chicken soup, the flesh of the chicken is very soft and …
Fundraising for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
The other day I met a nice young man in the butchers. Well, ours is that kind of butcher (Barretts in England's Lane, NW3 if anyone wants to know). I was dithering about what size chicken to buy (see next weekend's newsletter for the resulting recipe) when said nice young man …
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Many apologies to any readers who may have previously subscribed to our blog. In installing a 'plug-in' to allow you to subscribe to a 'comments alert' we seem to have managed to 'wipe' our blog subscribers.... No, correction – on the basis that it is always the programme that …
The dangers of PPD (paraphenylenediamine) hair dye
Solicitors are not usually known for their altruism, and those who specialise in personal injury have developed a peculiarly unsavoury reputation for themselves. So it was with some scepticism that I read a recent press release about Greg Almond of Almonds (personal injury) …