Alsace
I loved this in France, but with the drugs working and being more in control of my nut-case tendencies, everything conspired to make me feel wonderfully positive. I think …
Buying recommendations
The question is, which ones? As my long-term readers know I have almost no cash; I cannot afford much. I am torn between getting 6 bottles of good quality …
Drivel
If you get any emails saying you can get swine flu by eating tinned meat don’t worry, it is just spam.
Beer
My little drinkie I am treating myself to with lunch today is tequila flavoured beer from France. ‘Oh dear’, you may be thinking; I think that would be an …
General
I’ve been invited on a beef butchery course. Wehay! Won’t that just be a real hoot? It is not until October, though, so tales of hacking up cows will …
Burgundy
The partner and I were invited to a dinner party last night. We had some really good food and a few nice bottles of wine, one of which I …
Rest of England
Heston Blumenthal’s boozer just next-door to the Fat Duck provides keenly-priced, hearty classics cooked with far more skill and attention to detail than you’ll find in almost any other …
Germany
This wine is from Roman Niewodniczanski*, the Saar’s arch-master of these weirdy almost-dry German Rieslings. His wines really impressed me when I first tried them, but I’ve had one …
Rest of England
I am not sure I know enough superlatives to write a review of the Fat Duck. Can you just assume that unless I say anything to the contrary each …
Rest of England
Very much in the spirit of Brillat-Savarin, tonight’s meal demonstrated that the limits of pleasure are yet to be defined or reached. My first visit to the Fat Duck …
