food

Bel Fiore

What is your favourite flower?

I recently found the most beautiful Violet in the name of Viola Mondello who is a Senior Pastry Sous Chef at the Cromlix Hotel in Perthshire!

Viola is a bomboloni of energy and her pastries had me returning and salivating for days!

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Kindness, Uncategorized

Human Kindness

Should we ever fear too much kindness?

Sometimes when people are too kind and we can feel overwhelmed, especially in times of extreme sadness and can reject offers of help.

When Shakespeare wrote;

“Yet doe I feare thy Nature, it is too full o’ the’ Milke of humane kindnesse.”

Lady Macbeth was unsure her king wasn’t ruthless enough to carry out his role.

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covid19, Pandemic, Uncategorized

Sweet Charity!

What have you done to be proud of today?

As I’ve watched some of my favourite eateries close because of the Corona Virus it’s been astonishing how some of them have coped and flourished altruistically. In spite of the horrific situation facing them, whereby they’ve had to let staff go, not knowing exactly how they will be supported financially or emotionally.

What have they done?

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