Well if Obama can do it so can you, or me (or I).  Actually, I’ve got so much going on at the moment that I don’t know whether I’m coming or going, but I do know that I have used just about every excuse under the sun not to post lately (and not so lately).   

I was finishing a contract in the UK, then I was moving to Africa for 6 months, then I was settling my daughter in to school here, then I was volunteered (by my favourite offspring) to cook for her and 35 others on her four day class camp in the Overberg, in between my mom and I are writing a book, and on December 1st we are opening a shop and deli on the gorgeous Kalk Bay coast, in False Bay, Cape Town.

Like I said, every excuse, but the truth is I miss it, and I miss you guys, so it is with heartfelt thanks that I accept Ruth’s gentle nudge back into blogging.  Ages ago I offered my services as a host for PPN(Presto Pasta Nights), which seems to have grown so much it even has it’s own site.  Ruth’s recipe site Recipes4every kitchen and Once Upon a Feast encouraged me to enter one or two offerings into her weekly Presto Pasta night roundup, and the delicious entries from a veritable horde of other bloggers, always kept me coming back, even when I didn’t have something to post myself.

Well, offers that seem like a good idea at the time always come back to’ bite you in the bum ‘, as my aunt Nor is fond of saying.  But when Ruth mailed me to ask if I was still willing (note she didn’t question the able part, although perhaps she should have), I decided that it was just the push I needed to get me off my blogging ‘bum’ and back into the saddle.

So here I am to announce that I will be hosting this week’s Presto Pasta Night #89 , as started by the lovely Ruth nearly two years ago.  I have already got my first few entries from bloggers far more organised than I (or me) and will be pleased to receive any other offerings throughout the week.  The roundup will be on Friday 14th November, just in time for you to pick your delicious favourite for your own weekend Presto Pasta dish.

In the meantime, you can check out all the rules and regulations on the link above, and see week #88’s roundup here.

I am going to give you the week to try and guess what I made with my homemade squid ink and lemonzest pasta, pictured above.  And maybe to decide what you would make with it.  What was that?  You could never make your own pasta?  It’s too difficult?   That must be the old you talking.  I’ve got it on good authority that with a little hard work and determination (and an easy recipe) you can do anything.  Yes you can!