Saturday, February 05, 2005

Pastry, risotto and news.

1. Almond croissants.

2. Making risotto because pouring dry rice into a pan of half-cooked onions seems so disgusting, and yet it results in such a filling and delicious supper. Plus you need to pour in a glass of wine, which means the rest of the bottle must then be drunk.

3. The News Quiz.

Eggshell, turkey oak and grateful.

1. Smacking a hardboiled egg to break the shell. 2. Pale green leaves on the huge oak tree at the corner of The Grove. 3. There is nothing q...