This is the kind of recipe you can take with you to an island that is 3 miles long and 5/8 mile wide and easily rustle it up for 5 hungry hikers. I’m just back from a glorious holiday on Lundy Island where I was seduced into the wonderful world of bird watching. I had...
Corn. Mmmm. Bacon. Mmmm. Potatoes. Mmmm. This is real comfort food. I love it. Perfect for the book with no tweaking. One of my foodie bucket list items has already been accomplished – well half accomplished. My wonderful friend Cathy has her arm in plaster after falling down some rather unforgiving spiral stairs. She’s the...
Happy St David’s Day. In tribute to my spiritual homeland of Wales I decided to cook something with a Welsh flavour. What better than Truck Drivers Welsh Rarebit? Caws Pobi – now there’s lovely! I have no idea why Dick’s recipe specifies that this is the kind of Welsh Rarebit a truck driver would have...
Ah bliss. A night in with some of Dick’s Chowder, a bottle of expensive wine and “Stella Dallas” on DVD. The expensive wine is my new plan. I am going to see if I spend less money on booze if I buy GOOD wine and only drink a glass of it each night rather than...
“The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don’t have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.” Had a very lazy weekend after an old skool style night on Friday with Sidney and his chums. We didn’t get home until 5am. Outrageous. There has been a...
“The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don’t have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.” I tried Dick’s recipe for Baked Noodles on Saturday as I’m searching for a good veggie recipe to serve my sisters next Sunday – Veronica is a vegetarian. It...
This just in from my co-conspirator in Austin, Texas! in the scorching texas heat, which has not been under 100 degrees for over a month, one does not immediately think of HOT SOUP for dinner. that is, unless it is a corn chowder by the divine dick powell. yes indeed, time had finally come for...
