Category: Rants
General
I got an email asking what wine to have with turkey. Bloody hell. I would have the wine that is being served by friends who are cooking goose, duck, …
London
We are off to Hawksmoor (reviews here and here, and some pictures here and here) for the umpty-third time this year. Our first trip was back in February when …
Non-alcoholic
The Nespresso coffee machine the partner gave me a couple of years ago has been quite the success story. From when I first got it the quality of coffee …
Rants
Today’s vastly annoying news story is that the British Medical Association are saying all advertising for alcoholic drinks should be banned, including all sport and music sponsorship. They also …
Rants
You may have read the story about keeping cured and processed meat out of children’s lunchboxes in order to prevent them getting bowel cancer (which is here). What a …
Rants
Whisky has never really done it for me. Many years ago I spent much money trying the best single malts I could find and, whilst I appreciated their complexity …
Non-alcoholic
I went out into Town today to meet the partner for lunch. Damned-good lunch it was too. Before meeting up I went to a Nero Express coffee bar and …
General
I don’t feel the need to rant terribly much about this, as I’ve done so before. However, I thought I would bring you a little video gem from the …
Rants
Later today I am off to the Fat Duck for a meal to celebrate the partner’s birthday. “Hooray!”, you might be thinking. I was thinking it too until I …
Beer
It is half-past midnight and I am having a beer. Wehay! I admit this is not an uncommon occurrence, but I am drinking this rather tasty Sierra Nevada Pale …
