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Look at these strawberries! Look yummy, don’t they? Today I’ll tell you how to turn strawberries into scrummy homemade jam in less than 15 minutes. You know, in slightly longer than the time it takes you to read a post on The Money Principle, you could wind up with delicious,…
“You’ll pay for this when I can cook it better?” You should have seen the look the lady behind the counter awarded me. I did keep it down after that: what I said was unforgivably rude. It was also true. This happened twenty four year ago and I was…
Spenish paella is a dish to impress. It is tasty, it is fast and easy to cook and it is cheap. After all, it is a traditional dish for poor folk originating in Valencia, Spain. Over the years, paella has become for Spain, what risotto is for Italy: a way…
Yesterday I was training with my personal trainer. Great lad! We got talking. I told him that my strength to weight ratio has gone completely the wrong way because of my writing. You see, the more I write, the less I move; the less I move the heavier and less…
Where do you stand on ‘one-pot’ dishes? I used to sniff at one-pot dishes. I used to be like Sally in ‘When Harry Met Sally’ – liked things ‘on the side’. Now, simplifying cooking and minimising preparation time (without loss of quality) is a matter of survival. How otherwise can…
When was the last time you tried to buy Quince Jam? Okay, if you really don’t know that, let me try something easier: do you know what is a quince? For the ones amongst you who have not come across quince, take a good look at the fruit on the…
Yesterday I read the story of a guy who took loads of pills and booze trying to kill himself because he had too much debt. He survived and was left with sore tum, a hurting head, and the embarrassment of failure. Embarrassment for which his parents were very, very…
I know. Put like this the meal we had tonight sounds as boring as yesterday’s salad. But my house smells so great that I’ll stop writing now and go have dinner first; see you in thirty minutes. Now, this is better. My tummy is full and my family replete. I…
‘How many of you think that they’ll finish their degree and get jobs as managers?’ This is the question I asked the fifty undergraduate students taking my class on enabling creativity and managing creative organisations. Hands go up; about 80% of them. My heart gives a lurch. Do these kids…
Did you miss me? I did miss you all. This week, for the first time since I started The Money Principle (three and a half years now) I didn’t publish a scheduled post. You know it is not because I had nothing to say; just, I was very busy and…
I was on the bus when my phone vibrated. It was telling me I have a text. ‘Are you in the country?’ – the message said. It was from a close friend of mine. ‘Yes’ – I texted – ‘sorry that I haven’t sent you the title of my talk…
Did you really think that we eat only fried breakfasts, carb loaded dinners and thousand calories a look desserts, uh? Well, tonight we had for dinner my new best friend: kidney beans stew. Not that I make a habit of eating my friends, you understand. While I still believe that…