A is for Asparagus

"Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance" - Francoise Sagan  So first up in the 7 a day series is asparagus. Not because it is alphabetically expedient but because it's brilliant and because it has an extremely short season and will be gone again by the end of June. Asparagus basically screams Spring. Arriving after the UK "hungry gap" of March/April where there is ...

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Healthy Procrastination

A quick round-up of some of the ways I've been spending my time on the internet this week. Because, in the words of Marthe Troly-Curtin: time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Raddish - an LA based monthly subscription box with healthy recipes and activities to get kids cooking and teach them basic kitchen skills. An utterly brilliant idea. Please ship to the UK! (www.raddishkids.com) (In the meantime, UK readers looking for ...

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