Because apparently brandy butter is not a complete food

This week, I acknowledge not all can be chocolate, cheese and mince pies and make a huge pot of vegetable soup, for health.

We’ve been in England for a couple of weeks visiting our families and friends, and now I’m back in our house on the port preparing for the big woosh into Christmas: guests arriving, beds to make, food to prepare, wine to choose. Every time we return from a trip, it feels more and more like coming home.

I walked around the market yesterday, enjoying the t…