Simple Nectarine Desert

I had some nectarines that were a little past best and happened to have bought some ratafia biscuits, so decided to try this. I’m sure that someone else must have done this or something like it but I can’t remember where, so here goes:-
Ingredients
Nectarines
A few ratafia biscuits per nectarine
Demerera Sugar
Method

Stone the nectarines into […]

Photography

I loved this quirkly looking tree at Lydiard Park near Swindon.

The early evening light is good at the moment…

Nabaztag and Twitter

I’ve had this Nabaztag rabbit for a few weeks, and I’d like it to read my twitters. According to the Nabaztag blog, they’re there, but as per the comments, I’m not finding anything.
There is an API (which someone has written a Python wrapper for) and that Twitter also has an API (with a Python wrapper). […]

Cheap Chicken Sales Up

via The BBC
The campaign was led by chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on his recent Hugh’s Chicken Run shows for Channel 4.
Directly after the series was aired, Tesco said sales of standard chickens increased by 7% and free-range by 3%.
Sainsbury’s free-range sales have gone up by 50% but there were also more of its Basics […]