Baked Tofu Miso Bowl

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The Mother-in-Law is on holiday again.  Once more, she’s left The Husband and I to fend for ourselves look after the house. Given the recent news, our uninterrupted domestic duties now also include booking-in and escorting estate agents around our home.  The first and last valuation, which took place a week ago, got me wondering […]

Spring Rolls

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It has been a testing time at The Mother-in-Law’s House.  My funny, bright and beautiful daughter had her fourth birthday; a time that inspires a mother with bountiful joy and endless happy, watery memories of her child’s wonderful beginnings on this earth.  And yet whilst I was icing her NOT-PINK cake, and wrapping her NOT-PINK […]

Zhoug

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The Mother-in-Law’s House was transformed into Grand Central Station this week, with the arrival and now imminent departure of Sally and her family.  If the internet were made of paper, you would see the tear drop stains on this page. I first met Sally a year ago at shul in Bristol, where she and her […]

Kale, Parmesan, Chilli & Walnut Salad

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One of the greatest perks of living at The Mother-in-Law’s House is that you never know when The Sufi may drop round with a batch of homemade profiteroles, or a boozy rum baba, or some sunshine-coloured, saffron-infused currant buns. A chemist by profession – and somewhat a local celebrity given his uncanny resemblance to the […]