Tag: lockdown

[Disclosure: I was sent a Valentine's meal from Cornerstone Kitchen in exchange for posts on social media and here. As ever, these are my honest views of the meal]

Back when all this began, those of us in small towns looked on...

[Disclosure - I was asked to try the very first Peach at Home kit to provide feedback so was given it free of charge. I'll likely be ordering one at full price very soon because it's good]

I feel that Peach Pubs is a bit of an unsung...

There have been a lot of things that have surprised, shocked and overwhelmed me in the last year or so. Me and the rest of the world, right? One of them - while not quite on the some scale as some of the other stuff going on, but still important...

I'll 'fess up now. This post is at least three months too late. You see, like lots of other people, I naively thought that by this point in 2020, we would all be back enjoying our favourite restaurants and their food exactly how it's meant to be...

Yes, I'm aware that this title may cause some confusion. We've been allowed to eat out since July 4th, right? So how am I only writing about our first post-lockdown meal now, on August 6th?

Because sadly, this hobby of mine has to play...

You've all heard of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, right? Just in case you haven't, it's a government scheme designed to help boost the hospitality industry after a super difficult time.

The scheme opens on August 3, 2020 and runs...

[Disclosure - some of the treats featured in this post were PR samples/products given to me free of charge. I wasn't obliged to post reviews and they were all offered, not asked for. I've written after each entry whether it was paid for or...

I sometimes forget that since this is my blog I can write whatever I like. For a long time now I've wanted to try to put into words why food forms such a central part of my life - and not just because we need it to survive or because I have a...