Two of my favourite, and often underused spices in our Western cuisine are Cumin and Paprika. In many parts of the world Cumin is used in place of Pepper, yielding the distinctly Persian flavours that are a halfway point between European and Indian cooking. Cumin is also very good for
Beverages
Milk Without The Moo
Milk in one way, shape or form is difficult to completely eliminate from our diet. If you think about it just about everything you bake will call for varying amounts of the creamy white stuff. More people prefer a Double-Double to a Double-Naught (I prefer the latter if you are
Poetry
Drifting
In the chill of people,cacaphony of murmursstacked like cordwoodon my mind cravingescape from a worldplastic like the smellof rotten applessquished by a transporton a hot August afternoon,to find a place deep and far beyondthe everydayness of nothing specialthat fills the time from first cryuntil the verdant carpetis pulled over your
Poetry
Gulls
I once spent a weeksitting on a log in the sunnotebook in handand watched the gullswheeling overheadin a danse macabreinfused with the chaosof noise and oolichansor strutting on the logsin their finest livery. My Father chuckledwatching me in earnestrecording families of gullsat play, or hunting dinnerGlaucous in their dove greyand
Life Recycling
Patch, Pitch or Paint?
A couple years back, at Xmas, my wife gifted me a VERY large set of coloured pencils – like 120 pencils! The pencils are lovely, smooth, no bits on the paper etc., the kind of thing you expect in expensive pencils. The only issue is what happens when I want
Poetry
Stardust
A billion years ago or morean atom burstfrom the big bangtravelling centuries,eons and milleniapast super nova’s,gaseous clusters,milky waystoo numerous to countthen dippedbelow the cloudsto wait and watchwhile dinosaursgave way to ice and snowand mammals,swimming,walking,flying,living,until the perfect momentit landed in a mother’s wombto become the stardustin your smile. I am glad