Category: General
General
Regular readers may be surprised by this title – I normally opine on the pleasures of wine. However, the depths of my vinous obsession are not widely shared whereas …
General
I want to warn you about an unutterably odious food travesty I have been unfortunate enough to experience. The Nduja sold by the company Unearthed is a phenomenally wretched, …
Burgundy
We are in the country for a family meal and I am pleased to report this means another helping of my step-father’s tasty coq. He surpassed himself today with …
Burgundy
Let us face it, most of the time plain boiled potatoes are pretty dreary. Even baby new potatoes that are not over-cooked still fire up passion only vanishingly rarely. …
Books
Earlier today I was watching an old episode of A bit of Fry and Laurie and at one point Stephen Fry used the brilliant construction: “Unless I am more …
General
Based on the frequency with which I visit Hawksmoor (and then mention my visit on Elitistreview), which is clearly London’s best meat restaurant, you have probably got the idea …
General
You may recall that I gave a talk in the Houses of Parliament on behalf of the excellent charity Rethink on the subject of being a nutcase (with wine …
General
Having read this article I discover that the National Institute for Health and Clinical excellence are a bunch of meddling busybodies who feel they have the right to dictate …
General
My sister sent me three novelty types from Australian jerky. It seemed only reasonable to compare and contrast them all together in one session. The pictures show each packet …
General
A bit earlier tonight the partner cooked a lovely creamy fish pie for dinner. When he hauled me out of bed to eat it I thought it smelled lovely. …