The wind has begun to conduct the clouds in a new, brisk symphony. It’s easy to see where Vivaldi got his inspiration for tuning in his music with the changing seasons. For now the afternoons glow with a golden light and the last strands of summer warmth are stolen away by an ever earlier sunset.Continue reading “It all starts with vegetables…”
Author Archives: Alice Mulhearn Williams
A Sea For All Seasons
As a child, the seaside was everything I could ever long for and more. The seafront would change wherever we went, whether it be the arcades of Great Yarmouth’s promenade or the prim tea shops of Southwold, however, those white horses galloping towards the shore would always remain the same. Maybe if I’d ventured downContinue reading “A Sea For All Seasons”
Prague: A Patchwork City
Prague really is a magnificent city. Dark spires scream of the gothic and the flowing lines of a concert hall hint toward musty champagne and Art Nouveau. Medieval castles rub shoulders with communist scars and everything glints in an aging European glory . However, even Prague can be sidelined when Bruce Springsteen isContinue reading “Prague: A Patchwork City”
Venice: 24 Cappuccino Days
Like a prodigal daughter I’ve returned home, spent and spoilt by my travels. I’ve slotted back into Bungay life in the usual way: initial joy at unlimited internet access and my own bed and then restlessness as the itch returns to my toes and I feel the urge to pack my suitcase and leg it to StanstedContinue reading “Venice: 24 Cappuccino Days”
Amsterdam
I’m alive! Just wanted to throw that one out there in case anyone was wondering. I’ve managed to escape drowning in a Venetian canal, being mowed down by unruly cyclists in Amsterdam and fingers crossed, I’ll avoid being crushed by demented Bruce Springsteen fans when I head to Prague tomorrow to see The Boss himself.Continue reading “Amsterdam”
Chocolate almonds
Almonds are sun dyed Moroccan markets; they’re the frangipane on a perfectly British Bakewell tart. They’re spring in some foreign climes, green, fresh, fragrant and juicy. They’re the sweet decadence of a rich Christmas cake and the chewy whisper of a light as a feather macaroon. Almonds are for me, the king of all nuts.Continue reading “Chocolate almonds”
Sometimes you have to look through the rain…
It’s been raining. A lot. Last week London was glossed with a grey tint. Its lungs gurgled with water running into drains and the trees’ green leaves remain unnoticed by the folks who trundled past, heads ducked, umbrellas up. When we got home we bypassed the salad and strawberries and whacked on the oven, althoughContinue reading “Sometimes you have to look through the rain…”
Coffee cake
It’s quite extraordinary how prospects of intense revision sessions, early nights and hearty countryside walks can turn into a bowl full of flour, a couple of cracked eggs and a Coffee Cake in a blink of an eye. Revision during holidays never works. I think I should stop pretending it does to save myself theContinue reading “Coffee cake”
Ultimate chocolate cake
Those early birds among us not only catch the worm, they get to run their fingers through the first threads of the day; watch as the faint breath of light grows stronger and then smile, as finally the morning breaks and becomes that solid, reliable thing that we all know (and that a fewContinue reading “Ultimate chocolate cake”
Roast vegetable salad
Life in London is a thrashing, never tiring beast of a thing. Even when I’m sitting in my fairy light twinkling room, I know there’s always reading to be done, articles to be written and sleep to be caught up on. An exam is forever leering round the corner and my babysitting job creeps upContinue reading “Roast vegetable salad”
To The Table 