the librarycook is unfaithful, and la dolce vita
The librarycook has a confession to make. Sometimes, the siren call of recipes that aren’t from Delicious magazine is just too much to resist – the librarycook is only human, after all. So where did the librarycook’s wandering eye alight? Not...
The moment of truth
Truth, as we all know, is having a moment. What we used to think of as a fairly immutable concept has been thrown into doubt by accusations of ‘fake news’, the idea of ‘alternative facts’ and the spectre of a post-truth future. Reputable media outlets have gathered an...
June – a bumper issue for the librarycook
The librarycook almost dived into the sticky ginger and caramel pudding on the front cover of the June issue of Delicious. If it had been the only recipe that month, thought the librarycook, this issue would still have been worth the cover price. But it...
Celebrating International Archives Week
International Archives Week June 8 - 14 101 years on… history looks very familiar Imagine being told when you were just about to start a new school year, that school would not open for another four weeks. This is what happene 101 years ago when the Spanish (or...
May librarycook : comfort food in strange times
Comfort food as far as the eye could see, thought the librarycook, leafing through the May issue of Delicious. From the front cover on, with its talk of pasta bakes, soups, crumbles and cakes, it seemed certain that the librarycook...
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