• Honey teriyaki chicken wings

    As I may have mentioned, a friend of mine (that’s you Ben) has requested more savoury type dishes.  He’s a savoury type of guy.  And I’m pretty sure I’ve made these for him before.  Now that we’ve moved from two floors up to about 800km away, I thought I might share this with him… and everyone else. Ingredients: 1.5 kg chicken…

  • Turbo Twenty-Three – Janet Evanovich

    Release date: 15 November 2016 Rating: ★★★★★★★ – 7/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link Turbo Twenty-Three (Stephanie Plum series #23) blurb: Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has been on countless crime scenes, but this is definitely a first.  Her fleeing target has left behind a truck loaded with ice cream and a dead body – frozen solid and covered in chocolate and…

  • Private Delhi – James Patterson

    Release date: 12 January 2017 Rating: ★★★★★★ – 6/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link Private Dehli (Private series #13) blurb: Santosh Wagh quit his job as head of Private India after harrowing events in Mumbai almost got him killed.  But Jack Morgan, global head of the world’s finest investigation agency, needs him back.  Jack is setting up a new office in…

  • Brandy Custard

    My favourite side with plum pudding at Christmas time is Brandy Custard.  Well, brandy custard and ice cream.  I use a family recipe, and while it’s probably a little heavy on the brandy side, it is what I am used to (and besides, isn’t Christmas a perfect time for a little indulgence?). Ingredients 550g* of milk (full cream / full…