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Living in the suburban jungle
Occasionally my inner conservationist has a fleeting dream of becoming self-sufficient: to grow my own vegetables, for example. Not only would this save…
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Not an introduction
‘But if I’m starting something new like this, surely I need an introduction.’ ‘Not really, Dad’, said my daughter. ‘Just launch straight into it…
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Santa Claus and the day of reckoning
Outside the Polar Enterprises building the blizzard shrieked and swirled. Inside Santa Claus’s office too, the temperature—normally cosy—was cooling…
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The perils of pastry (Part 2)
14 April I’ve noticed once or twice that the apparently good-humoured rivalry between Bernie and Errol sometimes betrays a distinctly competitive edge…
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The perils of pastry (Part 1)
The Prime Minister has announced that New Zealand will once more go into lockdown—initially for four weeks—in order to minimise the spread of the latest…
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SLUDGE
At last I’ve discovered the reason for my kitchen failings. No longer need I blame ignorance, lack of talent or inability to concentrate. On the…
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The sexacentennial pie - part 2
Alone in the kitchen with Maistre Chiquart's recipe, I could see that I was in for some head-scratching over the ingredients for my monumental fish pie…
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