Well Hello there - its been a while!

Well, we've been slightly busy lately. We've been packing, ebaying, garage saleing, shipping cars across the atlantic, getting the cat rabies jabbed and schlepping across the pond to Las Vegas. Lock stock and barrel. And now we are here (mostly unpacked) and trying to find our feet. The food here is amazing. Everything is so different and its taking a while for us to adjust. Just looking at the kids menu in a resteraunt takes some translating and trying to work out what some things mean. For example just what is a "sloppy joe" or  "slider" these questions need answering - we're sussing t out one step at a time.

On the plus side we've found some great places that sell all our favourites. A fab little cafe called "The Market Grille" that has lots of my favourite mediterranean foods and hummous that Isobel adores. We have found a gorgeous little farmers market, much smaller than what I'm used to at home but with some great foods and crafts. Here in Las Vegas looking at food miles is a little more tricky. The "local" farmers have mostly driven 300+ miles to the market across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, or have driven down for the fartherst corners of Utah - but then everything here is the States is so much bigger things are on a completely different scale. I'm used to counting 10's of food miles to make my local selections - so this is ALL new!

I have decided I need a bread maker. I love fresh bread. My Dad has a breadmaker and the smell is incredible and it makes lovely breads. I need a bit more control of the bread we eat. I have been trying all the breads available in the stores here and miss what back home in England we'd see as just a normal loaf, right now I'd even be happy to see a Hovis sliced loaf. Bread here is really different. Firstly the flour seems much much lighter, which gives a much less substantial bread. The other difference is the sugar content which is much higher here, normal breads are even sweeter than a brioche back home. So I am in the market for a breadmaker. Any advice hugely appreaciated, especially on American Models. I might just have to add it to my Christmas Amazon Wish list once I find a good one.