• Aga in America

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  • 06 January 2009 15:15

    Festive Frolicks

    Technical gremlins seem to have hijacked my blog over Christmas, so sadly I was unable to post. I'd like to thank everyone who's emailed to find out if I did manage to feed my Aga some oil and have the delicious Christmas lunch I was planning. Thankfully the answer is yes and never has a turkey been more bronzed or, frankly, more welcome. The children were slightly worried that they'd have to eat salad for lunch and were thrilled to find that actually their Christmas lunch was the same as ever.

    I once spent Christmas without an Aga, as I didn't have one in the first house I lived in when we moved to Norfolk, and it was the most soulless festive period I've ever experienced.

    Being slightly allergic to New Year's Eve mine was spent very quietly pottering in the kitchen and making dinner for my lovely friends Phil and Jo and their delightful brood of small, giggly boys. One of my favourite days of the year to cook is New Year's Day - I can't imagine one passing without a hoard of people in the kitchen eating a huge brunch.

    I love being the first up on the first day of a brand new year, pottering in the kitchen and waiting for the first child of the day to make it down to the warmth of the Aga.

    This year I worked for much of the Christmas break writing and recipe testing for my book. This was a doubly good thing as I loved doing it - after all the kitchen is my natural home - but it meant I could also adopt a slightly martyred air, being pretty much the only one of my friends working over Christmas.

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