Month: December 2014

For most people, Christmas Day is the eating extravaganza. But with Mr M working as well as his sister (not just a sister-in-law but a nursing sister too) we decided to recreate the food-filled family day on Boxing Day. We're all self-confessed food...

With Mr Manning working on Christmas Day, my mum and I decided that instead of moping around waiting for him to come home, the best option would be to take ourselves out for lunch. After all, why go to the trouble of spending hours cooking for...

It's less than a week to Christmas and I'm back with another non-festive post. I figure there'll be plenty of Christmas-related offerings over the next few weeks with all the eating I've got planned, so in the meantime here's something a bit...

A lot of food blogs are ram-packed with Christmas-ness by now. And yes, I've already scoffed my fair share of mince pies. Haven't we all? But amid all my snaffling, I'm trying to stay a tiny bit healthy on the odd occasion. One of the hardest parts...

When your boss says he's taking you all out for lunch, you'd probably be happy with a pie and a pint. But when he takes you into a swanky restaurant, you start to become convinced that you're having a rather nice dream. And the Wine House in...