I feel like Jay Rayner's kind of stolen my thunder on this one (yet another reason why I shouldn't procrastinate over blog posts and just get on and write them, but hey). Just this weekend, he tweeted a picture of some braised lamb shanks with...
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Mike Bullard is a little bit fed up of chicken wings. He says it affectionately and with a smile on his face, because they've been there with him from the very start. But after a few years of frying them virtually non-stop, he's happy for them to...
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Credit where credit's due - it's no mean feat to tempt people to a restaurant in a retirement village. One way is to be a bit clever about it, maybe by skirting over exactly where it is and focusing on the food, the decor and its "quintessential...
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Some time ago, I took up a slightly off-piste invite to try the Queens Road Bar and Grill at the Ramada Hotel in Coventry. Not an obvious choice, but I'm always keen to take a look at local places. In Rugby and Coventry we don't always have the...
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Isn't it weird how once Christmas passes, it suddenly feels like anything before it was a MILLION YEARS AGO? I'm only writing this two weeks after my festive visit to Bar + Block in Birmingham with my pal but it feels like a long old time...
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From the minute Birmingham's first Sear and Smoke Festival was announced, I knew it was going to be a good'un. Add Original Patty Men to the guys from Digbeth Dining Club, throw in some of the UK's best street food traders, a load of music and...
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We may have missed the wine harvest during our Tuscan stay in a vineyard (more on that very soon when I finally post about our epic foodie tour of Europe) but we still got a chance to celebrate, thanks to an invite to join in Sofitel Wine Days. No,...
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You might have noticed there's been a wee bit of a blogging break of late. I had all the most diligent plans in the world to write while we were on a merry jaunt around Europe but instead concentrated on rest, relaxation and eating ALL the food I...
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A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to be invited to a brand new place in Rugby for a bit of a pre-opening treat. The Tuning Fork is a little cafe-cum-restaurant right in the middle of a brand new development just outside Rugby. In a slight...
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Since I wrote this post, Nosh and Quaff has sadly closed. It’s been replaced by , Jailbird, an upscale New York inspired steak and seafood restaurant and bar. Did you know that the quality of one's food photographs is often inversely...
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