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TALES FROM THE KITCHEN

Behind the scenes tales from the kitchen and our daily lives. We hope you'll recognise something of your own lives in our stories!

The five stages of exiting

March 17, 2019Rachel Golding

In 1969, pre-eminent psychologist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross published her model of grief, popularly known as the five stages of grief. The stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression...

Boys are born competent. Girls have to prove they are

February 27, 2019Rachel Golding

"Boys are born competent. Girls have to prove they are," someone once said to me. I was horrified. Surely that wasn't true? Last week I...

Turning into my mother, fixing a toilet at 3am, and the perils of flexible work

February 10, 2019Rachel Golding

I think I'm turning into my mother. Now, I should clarify I like my mother. A lot. There are great many characteristics of hers that...

Sore boobs, the smell of wet sheep and a Happy New Year!

January 28, 2019Rachel Golding

It's 2019. Already. We're so excited to be back in the kitchen for 2019, cooking for you. I love the Christmas and New Year period. But on...

Trying to help

October 21, 2018Rachel Golding

I feel certain that the dog would not have bitten the senior recipe tester. That is, if the dog had not thought the senior had...

The maintenance of general personal hygiene

September 23, 2018Rachel Golding

I know I don't have it as tough as my grandmother, or her grandmother. Most certainly not as difficult as her grandmother. Modern appliances make the washing...

Sourcing local honey for you

September 02, 2018Rachel Golding

Sustainability, and sourcing locally grown produce is important to us. At Thomas Holt Drive, where our dinner cart is located, our partners, AMP Capital, have...