Last Saturday was my mother’s 80th birthday, and as a family (by which I mean my sister and I) we decided that instead of going out to dinner we would hold an open house at my sister’s with a finger food buffet. Given that there woud be at least 20 people present, a sit-down dinner [...]

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I had a fascinating conversation at a swanky restaurant last night. I was attending a celebratory dinner at a very hip media-friendly place called “The Hospital,” and wound up sat next to an admirably committed young woman who has become a strict vegan for largely political reasons.
Veganism is a food movement that I find difficult [...]

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 I’ve attended not one but two barbecues over the weekend and been exposed to far too much charcoal . Even without the choking smoke, two barbecues in the space of twenty four hours is a bit much for anybody, let alone when one is full of family and the other is full of Uber Homos.
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Rather quiet time of late, until a burst of social activity at the weekend. On Friday, my beloved Fitzroy and Auberon were hosting a barbecue, and as I wasn’t working and Auberon was, I invited myself over early to assist with making salads and salsas and the like, and basically boss Fitzroy around in the [...]

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