22 Things Happy People Do Differently
This is a great article by Chiara Fucarino and you should check out her blog Life’d
http://www.lifed.com/22-things-happy-people-do-differently
Richard Branson – Opportunity Through Enterprise
This just in from Sir Richard Branson, speaking in Westminster Abbey this afternoon at the Commonwealth Day Observance service. Here is the speech he gave to the many young entrepreneurs and other guests present… Read the rest of this entry
Deja vu?
I have just got home after two and a half days of being away at a national customers conference where we must have trained close to a thousand people in the virtues of grilling, roasting, smoking and baking on a barbecue. Why do I have deja vu? Because 3 weeks ago I did the same Wednesday – Friday on the road at a national customers conference where we trained in-store staff on the virtues of grilling, roasting, smoking and baking on a barbecue… ๐ Read the rest of this entry
My Christmas Gift To You! A ‘How To’ Video For Cooking The Christmas Turkey :-)
So Christmas is here and there are turkeys being picked up from butchers’ shops across the world. People are making their final trips to the shops for all those key items that make Christmas so special to them and their families, before heading home hopefully to a place where loved ones gather to share a few days of fun and forget their troubles. Read the rest of this entry
Didn’t He Do Well :-)
When I woke up this morning I found 3 emails from my friend Dave. One was a photo of him with his pie, another was an email to his family back in the UK telling them what he had made, and the third was with a short video he had made to tell me how much he had enjoyed the pie! ๐ Read the rest of this entry
First Skype Cook-Along!
If a picture says a thousand words then this short clip is an essay! ๐ This is just a quick post to share a milestone for me, which is to teach someone to cook via the internet. A friend asked if I’d help him learn to make a traditional Steak & Kidney Pie. Being from Yorkshire in the North of England but living in Washington DC, Dave can sometimes have a hankering for some old-fashioned British classics. Read the rest of this entry
Anatomy of a Knife
So here is the first in the series for Building Your Knife Wallet and we’re going to run through the elements of a knife, specifically a Chef’s knife. Before we get into that though I should explain that for most Chef’s this is the knife that they will use for most things. Once you find a knife that is balanced, weighted and sized right for you, it will become your go to knife! Read the rest of this entry
Intro to Knives
I have been approached by a friend to help her put together a useful selection of knives for when sheโs cooking and baking. I thought I would share this through the blog as I’m sure we can all become bewildered at times by all of the different brands, types, shapes of knives, etc, that are out there. Doing a bit of digging I have found quite a bit of information on the basics of knives so I’m going to split this down into a few smaller posts and make the reading a bit more manageable ๐ Read the rest of this entry