Welcome to 2006 at A Sprinkle of Sequins. I haven't written anything in here for so long that i feel a little strange starting again now. But this year i really want to try to post here more often. I want to learn more and write more and become better at all of this blogging malarkey!
So what are my resolutions for the coming year? There are various things that i want to achieve, though i think my big dreams are going to have to wait for another year or so while i try to have a frugal and fun time (surely not too much of a contradiction in terms?!). I'm going to set myself some easy targets first of all like learning more about British cooking and the regional delicacies. I also want to learn more about baking and sweet making (hmm, guess i should participate in a few more Sugar High Friday's). Also i really want to learn more about Italian cookery. I have the impetus now that i was bought a gorgeous pasta maker for Christmas with a ravioli kit as an appendage. I also have tons of cookery books on Italian food which i really should be putting to more use. So i have decided to take action, i am going to enrol on a course which will hopefully sharpen me up and make me a bit more of a momma in the kitchen! One last aim (don't know why i used the word resolution earlier in this post as i can't stand the word. I think it sounds far too serious and pious for a person like me and my little aims, and plus making resolutions in January is always going to be a mistake! September is my month for making changes in life. Much more of a forgiving time of year...) i really, really want to become more knowledgable about the world of drink. I don't know that much about it and feel a bit shameful, so i am going to take the time to educate myself in this area. You know i bet it sounds like a really hard job but i am willing to put myself on the line and give it a go, sometimes a girl just has to do that kind of thing, hic! I really enjoyed a podcast that i heard a couple of weeks ago at Eat Feed which was all about The British Countryside. An entertaining listen and at the end of the podcast Anne Bramley chats to Annabel Meikle from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society about whisky and all of the regions in Scotland which produce it and what effect this has on the flavours. The Eat Feed podcasts are fabulous, i really recommend you go over to their site and give an episode a listen sometime.
Here's wishing us all a very happy and tasty 2006.
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