You have all heard of five stages of grief, haven’t you? Formulated by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross to describe the various stages one may go through when confronted with death or dying, (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance) it came to me that this might also apply to a life-change and in particular dealing with addiction. For I […]
Author Archives: Nicky Richmond
April
28
Jikoni. Coming in from the cold.
posted by Nicky Richmond
Is that the Italian? I am asked this question each time I mention I am going to Jikoni. Full disclosure: I am asked it four times. This puts it into the category of a slight issue. Try saying it next to “Cecconi”. See?
It’s been a while.
posted by Nicky Richmond
I came across a reference to Anna’s Place this morning. It was a little Scandinavian restaurant in Newington Green, around in the 1980s. It was not a precursor of the Scandi restaurants around today; more a home-cooking, superior comfort-food sort of place. I used to live round the corner but I didn’t go often because […]
January
28
Are you sure you’re okay?
posted by Nicky Richmond
Is what a friend said to me recently, when I said I didn’t want to go out to eat at one of my former regular haunts. I’ve now been trying to change what I eat for around four months and thought I might share some of my thoughts and observations. As ever, before putting pen […]
January
14
Eff off, fat. The latest.
posted by Nicky Richmond
So, for the third time I don my swimming costume and a dodgy swim cap and step into the pod. Yes, I’m still doing my monthly face-the-music session at The University of Westminster, with the gentle Dinesh, who offers kind words of support and encouragement. Those of you who have been reading my last few posts […]
December
08
The BodPod. Facing the Fat.
posted by Nicky Richmond
Taking a very short breather from an intensely dull title investigation, I thought I would update you as to my progress. In the last post, I mentioned that I was going to go and get my fat measured at the University of Westminster in something called the Bodpod. I did that on 8 November. I […]
December
03
Weighing myself.
posted by Nicky Richmond
This post was written on 30 October. I’m bringing you all up to speed because I didn’t want to post unless I really thought that I would do this thing.
Let’s start at the very beginning. The end of eating out as a hobby.
posted by Nicky Richmond
[This post was written at the end of October 2016] So here we go. How did I get to this point, yet again? And what is “this point” exactly? This is the point where I see a photo of myself (this particular one was on my birthday) and I don’t recognise myself or rather I […]
And so it starts. Not a restaurant review.
posted by Nicky Richmond
And so it starts: Sunday 30 October. At Le Manoir, for C’s birthday. I ate only two of the four canapés. What have I become?
September
14
Burgundy, reloaded.
posted by Nicky Richmond
PROLOGUE I have form with Burgundy. I’ve been here before, the last visit almost 14 years ago, at the time of my 40th birthday. That particular trip was with a man who turned out not to be The One. It seems no time at all since that memorable birthday lunch at L’Espérance, back in 2002. […]
