What? Cake, ice-cream, cookies, pie, milkshakes. Where? 251 East 13th St for review purposes, others across NYC and nationally How much? Cookies starting at $2 Overall: 11/10 Let me just get this out of the way. OH MY GOOD HEAVENS THE ICE CREAM!!!!!! Ok here we go- I saw a restaurant listed close to our […]
Read More The New York State of Mind- Milk BarFennel- member of the carrot family that doubles as a pretty, bee friendly garden addition and yummy culinary additive. As expected for a bulbous vegetable, fennel is low calorie and fat negligible packing roughly 40% dietary fibre by weight. A 100g serving will get you about a third of your vitamin B requirements for the […]
Read More Skinny Thing Food Hero- FennelSo we find ourselves in chilly March, prime sowing season and maddeningly result free period. This is a time of lingering frosts, extensive reading and furious glares at the lack of fresh green shoots poking up through the crumbly, painstakingly turned earth. Patience is not a virtue I was blessed with, therefore in lieu of […]
Read More Grow Your Own: The Bare Earth TimesA green and lean effort, distinctly savoury low cal tummy filler. Potential healthy boosts from fresh citrus and ginger. Boomboom Smoothie No. 2 Serves 1 <150 calories Up to 4g protein Up to 9g fibre Good for- dieters, sick days and exercise recovery. 1 small green apple 1 stick celery 4 inches cucumber 2tbspn fat […]
Read More Smoothie #2What? Modern pub grub Where? Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex How Much? Ranges with menu up to £25 a head with desserts and sides etc Overall: 8/10 Ah, the Kings Arms. Or if you are over 30 and local to Colchester, The Hogs Head. If you need to ask, you weren’t […]
Read More A Quick Plug- The Kings Armsed 29/12/16- Johnny Mac’s changed hands after some 15 years in autumn 2016 and was renamed shortly thereafter. Menu changes and subtle re-branding are sneaking in as the year ends. So far, so OK. What- Traditional fish n chip shop Where- Church Rd, Brightlingsea, Essex. How much- Inexpensive, £5 a head to eat out £10 […]
Read More A Little Plug- Johnny Mac’s PlaiceI’ve romanticised for many a year on the prospect of home grown produce. Plump green tomatoes jewelling the garden. Straight proud rows of asparagus in tight tidy lines like soldiers. Boozy soft plums you pick a week too late and get drunk on. All the while flapping diaphonously around an immaculately pruned garden with gleaming […]
Read More Grow Your Own!I read a weird statistic the other day that more chicken wings are eaten on Superbowl Sunday than there are grains of salt in a really big bag of doritos, or something. Somewhere in the billions anyway. That’s a lot of chicken wings, football fans. I am not a football fan, but I could eat […]
Read More Vampire WingsHappy 2016 kids. New year, new you, new yawn. Here’s a quick recipe to satisfy anyone on a new year trip to go vegan or eat more veg or save money or just try something new. It’s easy, thrifty, filling and tasty but sadly not so photogenic! Boomboom Peanut Butter Curry Serves two Vegetable oil […]
Read More Peanut Butter CurryWhat: Steak and seafood Where: Midtown Manhattan, 49th St & 3rd Ave How much: All in with wine $150+ pp without tip Overall: 9.9/10 There are many places my father has told me about many times with many details, which have been useful in creating mental pictures of places I am sure I will […]
Read More The New York State Of Mind- Smith & Wollensky
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