Petrushka shrovetide fair on the accordeon
It’s well known that the Shrovetide Fair bit of Petrushka has many imitations of accordeon sounds and techniques in it, but this amazing performance on the accordeon by Boban Bjelić…
30 days without supermarkets #28-30: wrapping up
The last 5 days of the no-supermarket challenge were scuppered by spending them in Prague where at least for the first couple of days, I defaulted to Tesco because I…
30 days without supermarkets #27: My new briki
I finally threw away the džezva that I bought in a department store in Belgrade in 1979 last year. My recent discovery of Lebanese coffee at Daily Fresh in Tooting…
30 days without supermarkets #26: defeat in Prague and glory of kitchen departments
Much as I feared, I had to abandon the challenge today as the prospect of quickly finding a suitable independent food retailer in central Prague was as likely as finding…
30 days without supermarkets #25: Selling sugar, salt and fat cheap
It doesn’t matter how much you push the idea of healthy eating, low-fat options, fresh ingredients, 5-a-day fruit and vegetables and a well-balanced diet, if in the end you offer…
30 days without supermarkets #24: Lemon shortbread
In the spirit of my non-wasteful ambitions of recent posts, i just had to finish up some butter and a couple of lemons, so I made some lemon shortbread biscuits,…