A couple of weeks ago, a huge crowd of us all bundled into Robbie and Bun’s flat for a large screen projector viewing of Come Dine with Me, starring none … Read the rest

Gurpareet Bains’ book, Indian Superspices is based on the idea that spices such as turmeric, nigella seeds and fennel have medicinal properties that can help alleviate everyday ailments such as … Read the rest

There is something very wrong when it is colder at Easter than it is at Christmas and I do worry that the Easter Bunny might feel tempted to remain nestled … Read the rest

The Worms, The Heid and I took a trip up to north the other weekend, to Edinburgh, the magical city of our misspent university days, where – no more … Read the rest

This week is British Pie Week and, on Sunday, to mark the occasion, I took myself off to a pie-making class. Marika Gauci’s Sunday Pie Club is the only pie-making … Read the rest

The type of people that eat out on Valentine’s Day are just the sort of ‘show-offs in love’ that are also likely to feed each other in the name of … Read the rest

My good friend Maz-Pants has been banging on about Burger & Lobster for ages, so it was the obvious choice of venue for her to celebrate birthday number 32.

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Since finding out that I’m not gluten-intolerant a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been celebrating with what can only be described as a baked goods binge. Muffins have featured strongly. … Read the rest

The Heid has an old friend from his youth who is known as ‘Deckchair’ on account of the stripy blazer he once turned up to school in. Apart from laying … Read the rest

Looking back on a year of food blogging, there are two thoughts that strike me: 1) what an unbelievable greedy guts I am; and 2) how lucky I am to … Read the rest