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On the unexpected benefits of being a celebrity cookery-show star	Paul 2009-03-24 00:12:00 UTC
At work yesterday, in my Undisclosed Hotel, we had a three-course lunch served in the Lavish Victorian Dining Room. We don’t usually do lunches and everything was a bit hectic. I stayed out of the kitchen, for once, and concentrated on doing front-of-house things. Mostly this involved wandering around with a bottle of wine in each hand: flashbacks of the previous night. When it came to the dessert course, I was asked by a nice old gentleman what these things were. I told him they were crème brûlées. Then I was asked what a crème brûlée was. I happen to know quite a bit about crème brûlées, and, since I was in customer-service mode, instantly launched into “Well, invented at Trinity College Cambridge in the eighteenth century…” I didn’t get asked any more questions that day. Today, randomly, I was asked what the raspberry-growing season was in Scotland. I knew that one because of the Fife Diet, which took place at about this time last year. It’s surprising what you pick up.
Weeza \| 2009-03-24 22:02:19 UTC Out of curiosity when is the raspberry growing season?
Ruth \| 2009-03-26 05:24:03 UTC I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Ruth http://besttoddler.com
pajh \| 2009-03-27 16:00:58 UTC @Weeza: Turns out I was wrong. The season’s usually June—July, but lately it seems to have been a bit more random.
Weeza \| 2009-03-28 22:31:18 UTC Cool. Thank-you!

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On the unexpected benefits of being a celebrity cookery-show star	Paul 2009-03-24 00:12:00 UTC
At work yesterday, in my Undisclosed Hotel, we had a three-course lunch served in the Lavish Victorian Dining Room. We don’t usually do lunches and everything was a bit hectic. I stayed out of the kitchen, for once, and concentrated on doing front-of-house things. Mostly this involved wandering around with a bottle of wine in each hand: flashbacks of the previous night. When it came to the dessert course, I was asked by a nice old gentleman what these things were. I told him they were crème brûlées. Then I was asked what a crème brûlée was. I happen to know quite a bit about crème brûlées, and, since I was in customer-service mode, instantly launched into “Well, invented at Trinity College Cambridge in the eighteenth century…” I didn’t get asked any more questions that day. Today, randomly, I was asked what the raspberry-growing season was in Scotland. I knew that one because of the Fife Diet, which took place at about this time last year. It’s surprising what you pick up.
Weeza \| 2009-03-24 22:02:19 UTC Out of curiosity when is the raspberry growing season?
Ruth \| 2009-03-26 05:24:03 UTC I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Ruth http://besttoddler.com
pajh \| 2009-03-27 16:00:58 UTC @Weeza: Turns out I was wrong. The season’s usually June—July, but lately it seems to have been a bit more random.
Weeza \| 2009-03-28 22:31:18 UTC Cool. Thank-you!