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Category Archives: Drinking sensibly
nibbles – the drinker’s dilemma
In order for my husband to lose weight and for me to feel virtuous, we’ve been addressing our drinking habits. We’ll only drink wine with the meal when we have guests or are out. Other nights, we’ll just throw ourselves … Continue reading
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Drinkers need to know how to pour a proper unit
Today’s news that drinking can cause 5.6% cancers, most notably of the bowel and breast, and that heavy smokers who also drink heavily are practically inviting mouth, throat or oesophageal cancer can’t be that much of a surprise. I know … Continue reading
Booze Free Day
Today I took our guests to the local bottle shop so they could buy some wine for dinner in order to contribute. Lovely manners. Very nice, thank you. They said you choose, we don’t know Australian wines so I pointed … Continue reading
You say latte I say flat white
Doesn’t matter how much you love your finely flavoured uncomplicated coffee, there are days when you think bugger the long black or espresso, let’s add milk. You might be needing the calcium or you might just be wanting a different … Continue reading
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