Family

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A puffed dome of pita bread on a wooden board at Kallos, glossy with olive oil and dusted with oregano, charred and blistered around the edge, with a Nuri spiced mackerel tin and a small dish of aioli behind it.

Journal 13 May 2026

A midweek table at Kallos, Salford

A stress-free Wednesday meze at Kallos Cafe & Wine Bar in Salford, with a sleeping toddler on my shoulder, a dome of blistered pita I now have to reverse-engineer, and a chickpea stew I'll be cooking for weeks.

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Journal
8 May 2026
Fells, forests and family
L's first proper trip away — two nights in a Yorkshire cabin, off-grid, with Poppy, a fire pit facing the valley, and an unexpected film crew on the hillside.
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Cooking
19 Apr 2014
Grandad's carrot soup
Grandad Callaghan's carrot soup. A Christmas-dinner starter at home, quick enough to lead a weeknight bowl with bread.
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A midweek table at Kallos, Salford

Fells, forests and family

Grandad's carrot soup