A beautiful early summer day was the perfect excuse for a minding bellies field trip to investigate the just launched Wild Food Market, at Brook Green, W14. But, more about that in a future blog, the main reason for the … Read More
Bread – the stuff of life. The smell of baking bread is just so intoxicating, isn’t it? I remember my mum’s rye bread, straight out of the oven and slathered with butter for my boiled eggs. My friends still remember the … Read More
Is there anything nicer than a hunk of cheese, a sweet and hot relish, some grapes and a superior biscuit (I refer to Peter’s Yard Swedish sourdough thin discs of loveliness, my latest fortuitous find) and let’s not forget a rather … Read More
This particular beauty won first prize at the prestigious Nantwich international cheese awards in 2012, beating 3,900 other entries. Not to be sniffed at. This delicately veined, creamy blue cheese is not, as I erroneously thought, of Italian stock. It … Read More
Every week we hear that British pubs are closing at an alarming rate, which is nothing short of a national tragedy. I’m trying my best to support them all; it’s a tough job but someone has to do it. So, … Read More
The first thing that hits you when you step inside this mind blowingly good deli on The Fulham Road is just how much produce and cooked food they manage to cram into the place. Not a centimetre of space is … Read More
I had originally wanted to call this “The Sashimi of the North” but my erstwhile editor insisted that the fish was not raw, but soused; I could say, on occasion, the same for her. Those who follow my food journalism … Read More
A good friend of mine with whom I share a profound love of food had often told me to try aged Gouda – my instincts had told me otherwise – what a bloody doughnut. Having had the good fortune to … Read More