Category Archives: Food/Drink
Why I’m so angry with a brewery
I could burble about the disastrously regressive nature of the George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review, the misrepresentation of how the economy got in this state and the lies behind the “all in this together” line. But I won’t. Lots of … Continue reading
The end of cheap booze?
I can’t claim to have any revolutionary suggestions for combatting our supposed descent into alcoholic oblivion, but I’m not sure that minimum unit pricing is the answer. Using price controls to affect people’s behaviour is going to be unpredictable when … Continue reading
Volvic with fish? Are you MAD?
Thanks to Marina Hyde in the Guardian, I think I’ve found the most ludicrously pretentious book in the world. Act fast, and grab your copy of the not-to-be-missed bestseller for the summer… Fine Waters: A Connoisseur’s Guide to the World’s … Continue reading
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GAS
… being, of course, Gaggia Acquisition Syndrome! And thereby hangs a quick public service announcement. The Croydon branch of House of Fraser are doing a special offer on the appropriately named Gaggia Classic, bundling it with an accessory pack for … Continue reading
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Nu-Wispa
Today, I ate a Wispa for the first time in… ooh, years. I had no idea that the original incarnation had been around until 2003, though. I always associate Wispas with the 80s and 90s, and thereby lies a slight … Continue reading
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Dinnerlog #8
Continuing a train of thought from the previous Dinnerlog post, it occurs to me that I don’t really know all that much about cooking off by heart. All those groovy, glossy celebrity cookbooks provide instant gratification without any deeper understanding … Continue reading
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Dinnerlog #7
Sometimes, things I like coincide with other things I like. A coincidence of pleasantness. I like eating and I like summer weather, so it was nice to end Sunday with the first al fresco dinner of the year, and Tuscan-style … Continue reading
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Three days in the life of the Poo Lady
Last week ended triumphantly for “Dr” Gillian McKeith “PhD”, but worryingly for those of us with the capacity for rational thought. The latest PLR statistics for public library borrowing in the UK show the Poo Lady’s books in first and … Continue reading
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Dinnerlog #6
Haven’t done this for a while… Sometime last year I was at a family get-together sort of thing in Warwickshire. As it was an area none of us knew (it was chosen as a good geographical centre) I took it … Continue reading
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Dinnerlog #5
So anyway… the reason I bought that “French Kitchen” book mentioned in the previous Dinnerlog is down to a long-standing tradition here (“here” in the offline sense, I mean). Way back when we were either impoverished students or impoverished just-graduates, … Continue reading
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