Category Archives: Recipe

You say tomato…

Posted on November 13, 2013 by theparttimevegetarian

Is it a fruit?  Is it a veg?  Knowledge, apparently, is understanding that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.  The tomato is just the best-known not-vegetable though, and is accompanied by peppers, … Continue reading →

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Insert egg-based pun here

Posted on March 21, 2013 by theparttimevegetarian

I tend towards the Richard Dawkins and Brian Cox view of the origin of life rather than those shared by the Ayatollah Khomeini and Pope Francis I.  While there is no explanation of what caused and/or preceded the Big Bang … Continue reading →

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Slow learner

Posted on March 12, 2013 by theparttimevegetarian

Every now and again in life you get one of those moments that make you stop and think about how lucky you are and how things might have been had the Almighty card dealer shuffled the deck slightly differently.  That … Continue reading →

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Cancelled due to lack of interest

Posted on February 29, 2012 by theparttimevegetarian

I’ve said before that I’m a big fan of the English language.  It’s not quite what you might have picked as the world’s lingua franca: spelling in English is game of percentages rather than an exact science, as any teacher versed … Continue reading →

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A vegetarian abroad

Posted on February 1, 2012 by theparttimevegetarian

I think of myself as patriotic.  Those who know me might be surprised by that, but patriotism can be defined in a number of subtly different ways.  It has in the past been considered a distinction from religion: a love … Continue reading →

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Another barbecue summer then

Posted on September 18, 2011 by theparttimevegetarian

I’m an optimist.  My glass is generally half full, although it was recently pointed out to me that this really should depend on whether the glass in question is being filled or emptied at the time.  I go into almost … Continue reading →

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I’m sorry but I can’t help but like him

Posted on July 16, 2011 by theparttimevegetarian

My job entails quite a bit of motorway time, trogging up and down between my home in Nottingham and my firm’s HQ in Milton Keynes (or Milk & Beans, as my five-year-old gleefully refers to it).  Combined with the debit … Continue reading →

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Wedding bills

Posted on June 30, 2011 by theparttimevegetarian

There are three big relationship commitments these days in Britain, which are, in descending order of both cost and ease of extrication: having kids, buying a house and getting hitched.  Fifty years ago, invariably marriage was the first as well … Continue reading →

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We’ll go where there’s cheese

Posted on April 21, 2011 by theparttimevegetarian

I work for a company now owned by an American private equity firm.  For those who aren’t familiar with companies like this, they are essentially a giant pot of money, buying and selling businesses in order to increase the size of … Continue reading →

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Shopping

Posted on March 29, 2011 by theparttimevegetarian

I am a man.  There are several pieces of evidence I can point to which support this bold assertion.  I can read a map, but I cannot do so and simultaneously absorb any helpful advice I am being robustly offered, … Continue reading →

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