Today on 20 Questions we have Tracey from Gourmet Anglia– purveyor of truly gorgeous small batch kitchen and homewares. I think I could only like this webshop more if it offered a one hour gin-to-desk delivery service, but there is always time to expand. We are also doing a little giveaway inspired by her love […]
Read More 20 Questions with Gourmet Anglia!I remember seeing chard mentioned on Masterchef increasingly frequently and assuming it was about to become the next go-to-food-twat ingredient taking the supermarket by storm. That was a while ago, as it’s been at least two years since I have paid any attention to Masterchef and I am still yet to recall a single incident […]
Read More Are You Going To Eat…..Chard?Today The Boneman himself is suffering our 20 Questions- Steve is another Colchester based food bod who you will usually find smoking, prepping and yumming all the proteins. Or chowing down on creamy Asian poo fruit. Those 4 words are going to bring me some highly misdirected Googlers. Let’s go! 1: Describe what you do […]
Read More 20 Questions With Boneman’s BBQ!I assure you that I am not your irritating facebook friend constantly posting about how many weeks/Saturdays/nanoseconds are left to pass until we can crack open our advent calendars. However, there are certain activities of yuletide prep which really need to begin in this the final quarter of the year and if you’ve got a […]
Read More The X(mas) Files: Grow Your Own Christmas Spirit!This week we share our deep and meaningful quick fire questions with Tom Russell, who runs kitchens from afar as well as getting knee deep in the action and is partially to blame for my many boring tweets and Instas about my favourite home town pub in Brightlingsea. 1: Describe what you do without being […]
Read More 20 Questions with Chef Tom!Today we are interrogating Samia, an enthusiastic home cook who’s cooking snaps and recipe tips have created a phenomenal social media following and even the odd TV appearance! 1: Describe what you do without being boring? Cooking…!!! It’s fun, therapeutic and the end result can be enjoyed by yourself and others…. win win all way […]
Read More 20 Questions With Samia’s Recipe Store!Earlier in the year whilst planning my garden efforts I picked up some pumpkin seeds to try in my little patch of green. I opted for the ‘Invincible’ variant as I had never grown them before and wanted a good chance of one of them surviving my lack of squash nurturing skills. Oy. Well I […]
Read More Grow Your Own! An Onslaught of PumpkinsDid everyone see that rather brilliant long read By Bee Wilson in the Guardian this week about the rise and (arguable) demise of the clean eating phenomenon? It is a very well written and astute commentary around current attitudes to lifestyle, the evils of social media and the assumed right to violently defend a factually […]
Read More Are You Going to Eat…..Quark?Welcome to 20 Questions, where we ask for clarity on many burning issues from people across the food, drink and hospitality world. We begin with Paul Lancaster, proud owner of Lunch– a fab American inspired restaurant in my neck of the Essex woods. And he is kicking us off with a seriously controversial tenth answer. Let’s […]
Read More 20 Questions With Lunch!A while ago I was blessed with a trug full of garden-centric gifts from the parental units, including some ultra glam gloves and several packets of seeds. I was especially delighted with a pack of nasturtiums and my Step Mum was equally delighted to point out to me that as well as being […]
Read More Are You Going To Eat……Flowers?
Food. Boom. 