In the same way that I ask my pupils to assess and improve a piece of writing in order understand good practice, in restaurants I often assess and mentally improve whatever dish I have been served. It’s a very informative (though, perhaps, quite annoying) habit.
Take yesterday for example. On the way back from our camping [...]
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Walnut & Parsley PestoOriginally uploaded by wjharrison77.
Earlier this week a bolshy, fourth year pupil, L, marched up to my desk and demanded to know if the rumours were true. Was I moving school? Was that true? If it was true there was no way that L was going to speak to me ever, ever, ever [...]
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When I started blogging I went mad and started three at once. This one, one for my seniors and a cooking one. The first two are still going. Chugging along anyway - the novelty of the blog seems to have worn off for my seniors (more about that later…). The cooking one didn’t really get [...]
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