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Claudia’s Chicken Salad, Sailing (who knew?), The Moretti Advert, Divorce, Kenya 25 Years Later and The Brothers Karamazov
Photos: Me IN A HAMMOCK, ON A BOAT happy as a clam in Cervia, Bagno Samuele where Lev works, Me and Cath on the beach in Mombasa (I know we look like girls out of college but this one … Continue reading
Posted in Food to make you happy, psychotherapy
Tagged Cervia, Chicken Salad, Finding Peace, Growing Older, hammock, Kenya, Mombasa, Moretti Beer, Pink Sky, Sailing, The Brothers Karamazov, Watermelon, Wedding
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Perimenopause, HRT, Sexual Harassment, Misogynistic Abuse from Peter Hitchens? Who’d be Female? Also, a Lemon Cake.
Perimenopause, HRT, Sexual Harassment, Misogynistic Abuse from Peter Hitchens? Who’d be Female? Also, a Lemon Cake. Sexual harassment stuff – beyond depressing. And it is complicated by the fact that my generation grew up watching Benny Hill and The Generation … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Food to make you happy, psychotherapy, Uncategorized
Tagged anthea redfern, blood loss, Honey and Co., hormone treatment, hrt, lemon cake, menopause, menorraghea, misogyny, norethisterone, perimenopause, peter hitchens, progesterone, prostap, sexual harassment, sexuality, tibolone
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Sorting People on the Basis of Their Genitalia, Legal Definitions of Madness, Painting the Kitchen, Coconut Milk Panna Cotta and Almond Fruit Tart
I drove to Florence to meet an old friend and his daughter. They had come in this kind of hellish way to spend two days sightseeing in the blistering heat with a billion other tourists. Even Florence is … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Food to make you happy, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy
Tagged almond paste, coconut milk, diminished responsibility, gender, genitalia, madness, mango, Michel Roux Jr, misogyny, panna cotta, pay gap, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, sesame seeds, sexism, tuna, vagina, willy
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Instant Curry, Shepherd’s Pie, Apricot muffins and No Rambling – just the food
I spend most of my time up this Italian mountain making curry. Anything that tastes of SOMEthing. This is my quick curry recipe. Takes ten minutes, always delicious. So, if there are going to be three big onions in … Continue reading
Posted in Food to make you happy
Tagged chapatis, chicken curry, coconut milk, cottage pie, curry, muffins, raita, shepherd's pie, vanilla essence
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Birthdays, Pea Soup, Thai Crabcakes, Chocolate Fudge Cake and the Unthought Known
I’ve had two patients this week who’ve been bowled over by realising something they already knew. It’s funny in therapy and analysis that you rarely have huge epiphanies that involve things you’ve never thought about before. All those recovered memory … Continue reading
Home at La Casa Rosa, Black Spaghetti with Clams, Dreaming of Putin, Dystopian shit and Politics (only briefly, I promise)
Home at La Casa Rosa, Black Spaghetti with Clams, Dreaming of Putin, UK Politics (only briefly, I promise) So, I’m home at La Bella Casa Rosa. Both kids in the house and the other night some of their friends came … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Food to make you happy, psychotherapy, Uncategorized
Tagged black spaghetti, cello, cheddar cheese, clams, double bass, dreams, dystopia, Dystopian future, Hollywood, mussles, Oedipus Complex, parsley, peas, Putin, squid ink pasta, The Day After Tomorrow, Theresa May, Trump, White House Down
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Sue Perkins/Marilyn Monroe, Almond Cake with Cherries, Chicken in Pomegranate Molasses, Three Sisters, the Freedom not to Look Pretty (ffs)
Sue Perkins/Marilyn Monroe, Almond Cake with Cherries, Chicken in Pomegranate Molasses, Three Sisters, the Freedom not to Look Pretty (ffs) So I was getting ready to go to a work lunch last week and I looked in the mirror. I … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Food to make you happy, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, Uncategorized
Tagged almonds, blow dry, cake, chekhov, cherries, chicken, Dostoevsky, marilyn, marzipan, pomegranate molasses, pomegranate seeds, pretty, short back and sides, Sue Perkins, Three Sisters, vanilla
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Chicken Pastilla, Cherry and Pistachio cake, People who think Everyone Fancies them and Tinder’s men called Glen
Chicken Pastilla, Cherry and Pistachio cake, People who think Everyone Fancies them and Tinder’s men called Glen I hadn’t realised when I posted my last thingy that it was so confessional, or that I was saying anything difficult. I’ve always … Continue reading
My Birthday, Forte dei Marmi, The Augustus, Cheescake, Oysters and Omar Sy
My Birthday, Forte dei Marmi, The Augustus, Cheescake, Oysters and Omar Sy Omar Sy, just gratuitous because I love him. Look how handsome! I kind of force myself to dream about him by thinking about him as much … Continue reading
