Punished by Portman

While my husband was out hobnobbing with the financial intelligentsia of Hong Kong, I sat at home making croissants from scratch. As you do.

Not only was it the most labour-intensive thing I've ever made, but you do NOT want to know how much butter goes into those babies.

And the result is not the light, fluffy, crispiness I expected really. Then again, I made them while watching Black Swan - how I imagined I could make something so calorific while watching such skinny girls strut their stuff, I do not know.

Balls of bamboo

It's hard staying fit in the big city