Category: Rants
General
I have railed against the danger of salad in the past: lettuce will give you cancer. Obviously lettuce is to be avoided wherever possible, but there are ways to …
Australia
I was in Lancashire last weekend for a wedding to two lovely friends of mine. We paid a visit to the amusingly named town of Clitheroe to go to …
Burgundy
Picking the best bottle I own is more problematic than deciding that Mambourg from Deiss is horrible; what constitutes the best? Heroic formats can be compelling. I have a …
Alsace
In the early nineties Jean-Michel Deiss was making spell-binding, exciting, thrilling Riesling; I snapped up all I could find and afford. Then, for some presumably psychotic reason, he decided …
General
Pravda is having a go at vegetarians, calling them a freak of nature. I particularly liked the paragraph: Furthermore, cosmetologists say that a typical vegetarian has dry and fragile …
General
I may have had a shitty time at Quick in France, but that made me more depressed than angry. I’ve just witnessed the true anger fast food establishments can …
Rants
Dr Wadge of the Food Standards Agency has made the excellent point on his blog that so-called ‘detox’ diets and supplements are a waste of time and money. They …
Rants
No, it is not being expected to drink Claret; that appalls me. In recent days the head of the Cheshire police force has been calling for an increase in …
Cocktails
Dukes hotel bar used to be one of my favourite places. It was certainly the site of one of my favourite things to say, namely: “Two Tanqueray martinis, please”. …
Rants
At six this morning smoking in public places was banned in England. This includes pubs and even private clubs. Much as I approve of the boozers I visit from …
