I’m too old for new years resolutions, what a load of guff. I’m not, however, falsely confident enough to say I’m 100% happy remaining forever the exact same lump of middling to average human being that will shuffle off to bed some time in the first hours of the new year. I need to up […]
Read More Here’s to a Flexi TwentyI’ve spent a bit of time this year trying to improve upon a number of free-from recipes that I came across when tasked with creating gluten, dairy and egg free cakes for a family wedding buffet. Those results were not something I’m desperately proud of, and I’m confident that rice flour is not going to […]
Read More Double Choc Nut Banana BreadWhat: Hearty but high end pub grub and seafood. Where: Rock Rd, Rock, Cornwall. How much: Small plates from £6, large plates £12-25, bar prices in keeping with local standards. Menu highights: Grilled ray wing, oysters, scotch egg, pina colada dessert. Overall: 10/10, thorough recommendation! Bookings & Info: https://www.paul-ainsworth.co.uk/the-mariners/ The Mariners at Rock is something […]
Read More The Mariners at RockSometimes you chuck a load of stuff in a pan based on some vague cookery experience and a recent education in matters of B vitamins and it just works out to be the best dinner you’ve cooked in weeks. And quite possibly the best vegan meal that ever came out of your kitchen. Maybe the […]
Read More The Best Curry You Ever Did BlagWhere? Trinity Street, Colchester, CO1 1JN What? Modern cafe serving breakfast, lunch, cakes and teas. How much? Bargains all round, £15 for two Contact: http://foodanddrinkat21.co.uk/ Breakfast out has become a bit of a non-starter since our local venue of choice closed its doors, but a chance early morning in Colchester town some weeks ago had […]
Read More The Breakfast Club- Cafe Twenty OneToo many people say they have the ‘ultimate’ formula for basically everything so I feel like I should perhaps qualify my Ultimate Summer Crumble with a little background. I love a crumble, because fruit, like most things in life, can only be improved by covering it in sweet carbohydrates. It’s also one of the few […]
Read More The Ultimate Summer CrumbleYour traditional Waldorf is pretty simple- apple, celery, grapes and walnuts covered in mayonnaise and served on shredded lettuce. It’s been that way since it was first made for a charity ball in 1896 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York and that’s what it is. Put chicken in it? Not a Waldorf. Pecans? Not a […]
Read More The Boomdorf SaladSome months ago I read an article suggesting that the Mediterranean Diet was under threat from a new life changing, fat busting and general health winning regime: The Nordic Diet. Apparently we were all due to swap our spaghetti for herrings and give up all that riveria nonsense for some flatpack furniture and sensible snow […]
Read More Cookshelf: The Nordic Diet by Trina HahnemannWhere: Burleigh St, London. What: American style brasserie. How much: Set menu from £20, a la carté three courses with drinks £50+ per head. To quote their own website, Joe Allen is ‘the classic theatreland American brasserie’, tucked away in the West End round the corner from Covent Garden. I start this tale on a Lunch-Drinks-Show day […]
Read More Review- Joe AllenAh, Happy Spring Time foodie friends! The daffs are out. There isn’t a predicted frost for the next two weeks and it’s almost pancake day. It’s time to get planting. I donned my wellies this morning for maybe the third time in 2019, but those other times were purely weeding and compost hefting so in […]
Read More Grow Your Own! Get A Plan.
Food. Boom. 