Month: February 2016

End of the month again and in less than a week it's HOLIDAY time. I'm not quite sure where February's gone. There may not have been loads of posts, but there's definitely been some good ones (well I think so anyway). If you're a regular reader of...

It's probably a bit strange to begin a post about pasta with the admission that I rarely cook it, rarely order it in a restaurant and therefore rarely eat it. It's not that I don't like pasta. And when we're in Italy I'm definitely happy to gorge...

Restaurants are a bit like people. There are the loud ones, the ones you always hear about (and hear), the ones that create a 'stir'. Then there are the others, those who quietly tick along, doing their thing in the background. They don't shout...

Well here's something a bit different! You'll have seen recently I've teamed up with The Gastro Card. I'm going to be doing a few reviews of some of their restaurants that they can share with their members.  I've already started actually with my...

Leamington Spa is exactly 14.2 miles from where I live. 15 if you go a different route. It's full of restaurants, bars and cafes, with more new openings in the past year than I can even list, and several that are high up on my 'must try' list (it's...

Puddings aren't my forte really. Oh, I love eating them, we all know that. But my efforts at making them are often found, shall we say, lacking. I told you about the Crema Catalana that didn't quite set, and there have been plenty of others in the...

Marco Pierre White is everywhere. Well, not in person, of course. But at the moment it seems restaurants bearing his name are popping up all over the place. I'm still yet to try the one at the Cube in Birmingham, and that opened yonks ago. Plus...

Deciding you want to go away for New Year about three weeks before the big day isn’t a great idea. Especially if you’ve got a bit of an idea of what you want to do - what are the chances of getting exactly what you want, at a reasonable price,...

My mum's mincemeat slice has been a childhood fave of mine for years. When I was younger, we would always make mince pies and sausage rolls before Christmas. And then after the festive season, the mincemeat slice would appear. An oaty, crumbly,...

The end of January already? Feels like I've only blogged a few times but think I can be let off because we finally managed to move house! Cue lots of takeaways and convenience food amid boxes, stress and packing. Needless to say, it's all done now...