A Trip to Manchester

I have just spent a couple of days working in Manchester. Over the years, I have spent a fair bit of time in Manchester and thereabouts, but I haven’t spent much time there at all in the last five years.

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A Trip to Manchester

I have just spent a couple of days working in Manchester. Over the years, I have spent a fair bit of time in Manchester and thereabouts, but I haven’t spent much time there at all in the last five years.

( More - and photos - after the cut... )

Gnocci.

Yesterday, for the first time ever, I made gnocchi. This was quite exciting: something new. It was part of my “oh my god what will we do with all this chicken stock” experiment. It is quite curious that I wanted to make gnocchi, since generally I don’t like them. I first had gnocchi made by an ex-girlfriend (she was then, and she still is), and it looked like awfully hard work. But then I once had gnocchi in Venice, and they were heavenly. So I am kind of split on gnocchi.

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Gnocci.

Yesterday, for the first time ever, I made gnocchi. This was quite exciting: something new. It was part of my “oh my god what will we do with all this chicken stock” experiment. It is quite curious that I wanted to make gnocchi, since generally I don’t like them. I first had gnocchi made by an ex-girlfriend (she was then, and she still is), and it looked like awfully hard work. But then I once had gnocchi in Venice, and they were heavenly. So I am kind of split on gnocchi.

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Business on TV

“Dragons’ Den” returned to BBC2 yesterday; and just after it was “Jamie’s Chef” on C4. I wouldn’t normally have thought of “Jamie’s Chef” as a business programme, but that is what this series really is.

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Business on TV

“Dragons’ Den” returned to BBC2 yesterday; and just after it was “Jamie’s Chef” on C4. I wouldn’t normally have thought of “Jamie’s Chef” as a business programme, but that is what this series really is.

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