Category: Review
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Wake Up Maggi, I got something to say to you
In a world where we consume anything and everything quickly: from adverts suggesting instant noodles allows to spend more time doing interesting things than cooking; or sitting through another cookery programme on tv that suggests we have all the time in the world to cook; where do you find the happy medium of quick, easy, […]
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Thank God it’s Christmas
And so happy Christmas and what have you done? John Lennon I suppose it would be easier to start with what I haven’t I done! Eat and drink too much. That’s a good one. It doesn’t mean I haven’t splurged, orb over indulged, but merely I have enjoyed without the hedonism of far flung Christmases. As […]
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Busy Times for Saint Nik
Think Christmas menus and you can have two very different experiences. The first I call “formula” – tried, tired and tested offerings. Prawn cocktail starter followed by the ubiquitous “Pembrokeshire turkey” with seasonal veg including sloppy sprouts, followed by a figgy pudding straight from Castell Howell. This menu can easily set you back upwards of […]
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Gastro not Glasto
“The Great British Food Festival” by definition conjures a few images which until you actually arrive on ‘campus’ as it were, are soon dispelled. I think I was expecting a serious foodie experience. The opportunity to discuss with producers their wares and a bit of sampling. Throw in a couple of masterclasses and you have […]
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Brimful of …
Tenuous link in the title again. Brimful of Asha by Cornershop was one of those one hit wonders that takes me back to a time and a place. When I then try to put a date to the memories I end up shocked. Has nearly a quarter century elapsed! Talking as we do the other […]