lazy supper

As much as I love to cook and bake, I find it really hard to motivate myself to get out the pans and bowls if it’s just for me. Partly because I detest washing up with a passion. Partly because I do not want to eat a whole tray full of brownies. Ok, maybe I…

Le Cafe des Spores

You probably remember the story of my dramatic conversion to mushrooms and consequent life-altering addiction to them. Well, on Saturday my love reached a new heavenly level at this restaurant in the St Gilles area of Brussels. Recommended to me by someone who I have now discovered has not actually been yet (pick up the…

mushroom love

I have always really disliked mushrooms. If there were mushrooms in the dish, however small mum had chopped them, I would painstakingly pick them all out and pass the little pile on the side of my plate to her (my dad was doing exactly the same to Jen). I decided about a year ago that…