On the Twelfth Day of Christmas The 6th January is Nollaig na mBan: Women’s Christmas. Also known as Little Christmas and Celebration of the Epiphany. A litany of names for the last of the 12 days of Christmas and the day on which the Three Wise Men are supposed to appear for the first time [...]
It’s Beginning to Feel a lot Like Christmas! December is here again, and lurking temptingly around the corner is Christmas. For the foodies amongst us this spells a time of intense activity – cakes, puddings and preserves to be made, meats to be sourced, food orders to be placed; and, on top of that all [...]
Christmas in New Zealand and Australia sees the beginning of six weeks or more of summer holidays for school children and a lot of peoples annual holidays, so instead of curled up all toasty in front of a fire we are off toasting in the sun. Traditions here are similar to the Northern Hemisphere, well, [...]
Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well by Pellegrino Artusi is a classic Italian cookbook that is written with passion, humility, irreverence and humour. It was a great milestone in Italian cookery books, being the first one to combine a collection of the fundamental recipes from all the regions of Italy. Until [...]
In the Netherlands, Christmas is very much a family get-together, that isn’t traditionally centred around food. It’s a time of meeting relatives, playing board-games and of course, on Boxing day, a trip to the nearest furniture mall. In the old days, if you were posh enough, you would eat goose or game for Christmas. If [...]
Now that Christmas is just around the corner I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all my friends and fellow bloggers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Here’s hoping you have plenty of chance to eat, drink and be merry over the festive period. Time also to say thank you to my [...]
Normally by December 1st I’m brimming with the spirit of Christmas but somehow this year I haven’t had the excitement and joy of years gone by; why I do not know. One Christmas activity though is guaranteed to get me in the festive mood, and all the better if Christmas music is playing softly in the [...]
