Month: March 2015

This weekend we paid a visit to some friends in St Albans. After a few hours of Rugby-watching we had worked up an appetite for a Thai feast. Thai Square is part of a chain, but the St Albans branch does a good job of feeling like an independent...

On a recent London lunch date with my pal, we treated ourselves to a tapas-gorging session at Camino. The criteria for rendez-vous venue were: close to Euston and St Pancras; bookable for lunch; a place we could natter; and somewhere her gorgeous...

I used to bake. Back in my early twenties, when I convinced myself I'd never find anyone who would want to marry me unless I oozed a combination of Carrie Bradshaw and Nigella Lawson, with a bit of someone athletic like Jessica Ennis thrown in. And...

Since I wrote this post, Delish Deli & Kitchen has sadly closed. It’s been replaced by The Crafty Banker, a speakeasy style micro pub specialising in ales and gin from craft suppliers all over the country. We're lucky in Rugby that we've got...

I love street food, and for a while now I've been seeing the name Scoff Street Food pop up all over the place, reminding me I had to try it. So imagine my joy when my home town started 1st Thursdays, a monthly treat of late night shopping, complete...

If you're a foodie, but also a health conscious gym-goer, sometimes it's hard to strike a balance, especially for lunches. Summer's not so bad - salad is aplenty and there are all sorts of cold treats you can prepare in advance. But when it's cold...

I've made no secret of the fact that, although I'm a keen eater, I'm not such a confident cook. Don't get me wrong, I can cook - just about - but it tends to be when I'm on my own, when I'm doing something tried and tested, or when I'm following a...