Category Archives: Food/Drink
Dinnerlog #4
I like cookery books. Even the modern kind of glossy coffee-table lifestyle cookery books, written by trendy TV chefs and filled with luscious colour photographs of artfully arranged vegetables of the sort that only middle-class people in the South East … Continue reading
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Dinnerlog #3
(Chronology dispensed with for the time being – I’ve been a bit busy to keep track) I find my culinary urges change quite markedly as the seasons move from summer into winter and vice versa. With even the slightest hint … Continue reading
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Dinnerlog #2
Monday Morrisons “finest” filled pasta “What’s in the fridge” sauce Typical midweek food. The pasta was on special offer and quite nice, although the fillings (one Beef & Chianti, the other Chicken & Lemon) had something of a “squirted from … Continue reading
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Dinnerlog #1
Not sure how long I’ll keep this going, and it’s more for my own future curiosity than as a proper “food blog”, but… Saturday Lamb & Olives Salsa di Pomodoro Puy Lentils We don’t eat much red meat, but found … Continue reading
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Taking a breath
Seem to be quite busy in the run up to Christmas, so no solid content right now. For all the wrong reasons, I was introduced, earlier this week, to the writings of William Grim, specifically ‘Aesthetics of Hate’, an article … Continue reading
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The things you find in Croydon
Regular readers of this drivel will know about my fondness for Belgian beer and, equally importantly, the attention the Belgians pay to the environment in which they drink their beer. Well… a few weeks ago, I saw a flyer for … Continue reading
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Find a pub with SMS!
Okay, you probably won’t believe me, but… A few months ago, probably while walking around a town I’d never visited before, I pondered the amount of time I waste in such situations by looking for a good pub. Now, I’ll … Continue reading
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Brussels I
I’m always up for a trip to Belgium, as documented here before (this time last year and in pre-archive days). Last Friday, I and my usual three travelling companions set off, cheap Eurostar tickets clutched in hand, for a long … Continue reading
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Water of life
What about that new Dasani bottled water, eh? Filtered tap water in a nice blue bottle. London water has always tasted fine to me, but not enough to make me want to buy half a litre of it from a … Continue reading
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Soup. With cheese in!
I feel I must share this with you. Well, the theory at least. If you want to do it for real, you’ll have to buy your own ingredients. Taken from the book ‘Soup’, appropriately enough… TOMATO, BLUE CHEESE AND BACON … Continue reading
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