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[Last updated - January 20, 2021]

You may remember this post from the first lockdown of 2020. Each time I think it will be relegated to the history books it resurfaces. We're now on lockdown #3 from January 2021, so I've resurrected my...

There have been a lot of things that have surprised, shocked and overwhelmed me in the last year or so. Me and the rest of the world, right? One of them - while not quite on the some scale as some of the other stuff going on, but still important...

Leave it to Esmie are giving Eat with Ellen readers a 10% discount from both their click'n'collect service and their shop. Just use the code ELLEN10 when you check out.

Here we are again, back in lockdown. Which means restaurant...

"I’ve organised a birthday surprise. We’re going somewhere that does great food but is also dog-friendly. Like, ACTUALLY, dog friendly." Words that might sound strange and a bit crazy to anyone else, but to me they are the stuff of...

There are only a few days left to enter the inaugural Coventry & Warwickshire Foodie Awards.

The new Foodie Awards 2021, in partnership with Visit Coventry and Warwickshire County Council, is a celebration of the best of the...

I’m a bit of a fan of game. I somehow always gravitate towards it on a menu. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because it’s less common than seeing a steak or a bit of chicken.

Maybe it’s linked with its provenance and it’s...

[Disclosure - I was gifted three bottles of wine from BRC Collective for the purpose of this blog]

Things might be looking up slightly in terms of some return to ‘normality’, but the mail order way of life is probably here to stay...

When I tucked into my epic meal from Aktar Islam - he of Opheem and Pulperia fame - I thought by the time I wrote about it there wouldn’t be much point because everything would be back to normal. After all, why would you want to try to mimic...

I don't usually do things like gift guides on this blog - but then I also don't usually do lockdown guides or love letters to food. So maybe we can just add this to the list of ways that 2020 has changed the nature of Eat with Ellen, probably...

In the latest instalment of the people behind the food series, I speak to Mike Price, founder of Prices Spices to find out all about his chilli growing, spice and chutney making and expansion into Indian takeaways during COVID. [Disclosure -...

If you're local to Rugby, Warwickshire or even slightly further afield, you've no doubt tried Libertine Burger. They're one of my faves and we're so lucky to have them in Rugby as well as nearby Leamington Spa. As winners of the UK's National...