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[AD - gifted: Our meal at Flamenco in Warwick was complimentary for the purposes of this blog]

If I were to tell you that someone had taken a 17th Century historic building, complete with rumours that it's haunted, and refurbished it...

[Disclosure/AD - some of the meals I ate at the restaurants below were gifted and most quite some time ago, and they certainly didn't ask for inclusion in this list, but it's important that you know]

If, like me, your love of food is...

[Disclosure - I visited Basement Browns in Coventry as part of my work with Coventry BID. I didn't pay for the pizza I tried, but I wasn't expected to write a post for this blog. I just decided I wanted to because it was really rather...

[Ad - gifted: I joined a colleague from Belle About Town on a complimentary review meal and it was so lovely I decided to write about it here]

On paper, Quaglino's in the run-up to Christmas is everything I shy away from. Unbridled...

Yes kids. Just like Harry and Meghan, you too can have it all. (Oh god, did I just say that - let's have no political rows on here, it was just a joke okay). But come on, we know the dilemma. You fancy curry, your mate wants a burger. Do you...

For some reason, if you choose to write about food some people call you (and think you call yourself) a 'critic'. I'm not a critic - I think to be some kind of critic you probably need a modicum of skill in the particular area you're critiquing,...

The Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales both have that 'thing' don't they? That 'je ne sais quoi' that seems to transport you to the scenes from a classic English novel. Sweeping landscapes, rolling hills, dry stone walls, a bleakness that...

My 'list' when it comes to food and drink places I want to try is pretty much neverending. It includes swanky Michelin-starred places and famous restaurants recommended by the best of the best (Ynyshir, The Man Behind The Curtain, and Paul...

Every year I plan to come up with some clever idea of reviewing the year. Best blog posts, month-by-month round-ups, or just something deeply profound and so well written it gets spotted by an editor who decides they absolutely must make me...

[If you want to read more about my visit to FareShare, check out my piece in The i newspaper here.]

In the world of food blogging - in fact, in the world full stop - there's a lot of excess that gets chucked around. We (and I very much...