Sweet potato: you did not have me at ‘hello’

Some time before I almost deleted my blog, I started to write about how much I didn’t like sweet potato and that over time I’ve gradually come around.  The problem was, I still didn’t enjoy sweet potato and was also losing enthusiasm for the blog.  Like the cloying and unwelcome stodge of sweet potato I…

A change of heart, but only just

I almost deleted all my Cooking Calamity Free accounts today.  Actually I did delete my Twitter account because I’ve never got on with Twitter and I don’t know how to use it. I had a baby you see.  That in itself is not the reason I almost deleted my accounts.  Looking back over my posts…

Ladies and Gentlemen, there will now be a short intermission……

Firstly, I admit this announcement is very late.  As far as I understand it, the announcement should follow the stop rather than the re-start.  Secondly, this announcement is somewhat of an understatement considering the last time I wrote and published a post was last April, almost a year ago now. My retrospective on Chocfest 2017…

Chocfest 2017: A Retrospective

I’ve begun planning Chocfest 2018, otherwise known as my birthday weekend, in earnest.  My birthday is on a Thursday this year, but hey, I’m not going to concern myself with such minor technicalities.  With planning for this year’s activities well underway I thought now would be a good time to reflect upon the success of…

March Meals: The Highlights

March was a bit of an odd month food wise.  And also weather wise.  Just what on earth is going on with the weather?  First it looks like Spring is on the way, I start shedding layers and then the snow comes and temperatures plummet.  I’m planning salad type meals and then we have to…

Kitchen Fails Part 2: Even bigger fails

In last week’s post I shared just a few of the many examples I have to draw upon from my catalogue of kitchen fails.  As there’s so many examples of failure I managed to create an overspill post and so I present to you Part 2 of Kitchen Fails.  Before I launch into them I…

Kitchen Fails Part 1 (please don’t use me as a bad example)

I’m still a newbie blogger in erm, blogging terms.  As is the case with starting anything new there are doubts of all kinds.  I’m sure everyone goes through the same when they start out.  Doubts about whether any one will engage with and enjoy what I do.  Doubts about whether the material I produce is…

Playing it safe with Mushroom Risotto

It’s been a while since anything went wrong for me in the kitchen.  Everything has been turning out how I would hope it would and I’ve not had any major disasters.  This in it itself is great news but it begs the question am I still challenging myself?  I’ve been playing it safe for some…

All my February food

I’m going right out on a limb with this and I’m hoping someone other than me will be interested in what I eat.  More specifically all the evening meals I’ve eaten in February.  The fact you’re reading this far suggests you are?  But I’m still not sure.  I first need to address the elephant in…

Letters to my Food Heroes #3: Rachel Allen

Hi Rachel, How’s it going?  I expect you’re super busy with family things, the cookery school and restaurant and what not.  I’m assuming you haven’t heard about my Food Heroes series so I’ll just give you a bit of a run down.  I’ve not been going long with it as you can see, as I’m…