Well, it’s Halloween this month. Even if the current weather varies between muggy and miserable stark pallor rather than bright colours and crisp air, I’m determined to give myself fully to autumn. I drink hot chocolate in the evenings. I’ve knitted quite a few things for my friends and myself. The other day I ate a whole … Continue reading
I used to walk to school on a path lined with sweet chestnut trees. Come autumn the ground would be strewn with fallen chestnuts, which we would of course pick–who are we to say no to local free food? October 2009 was the last and most impressive pick, I think: as you can see from … Continue reading
On Sunday I went to Loy Krathong in Wimbledon with a couple of friends. We all had a really good time – the weather was clear for the most part, the place was full of Thai families enjoying themselves, and it was clear that the stalls and entertainment were mainly for the benefit of the … Continue reading
Let me make a painfully obvious comment on the weather for all those living in Britain right now: it’s cold. Properly cold. You can’t really pretend that it’s bracingly crisp anymore. The night is quick to come. Recently someone came and denuded the grape vines of all their flame-coloured leaves. I found the twisted, jagged, … Continue reading
Is it just me, or does British autumn cuisine not include pumpkin with quite so much enthusiasm as in the U.S.? It seems that, come autumn, there’s a deluge of pumpkin everything on the U.S. food blogosphere: pumpkin butter, pumpkin pie, pumpkin lattes. It seems to be a crucial part of the cultural image of … Continue reading
The weather has been fine lately. Even the rain feels better, I think; summer rain was oddly stifling, but this autumn rain is clean and cold. When the weather is dry and bright it is marvellous. I won’t bore you with the usual description of leaves and skies and colours and scents; it is enough … Continue reading
The Furious Pear Pie 
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