Sorbet! It’s like ice cream that hasn’t happened.
But it did. It happened so much, capping off a superb if classic meal at The Atrium in Edinburgh ‘ a far better restaurant than many of its London equivalents. And it led me to th[…]

It would not be accurate to say the City in London is gill-filled with the aspiring literati, but it does have sufficient numbers of commuters to squeeze a handful of bookshops between its coffee and sandwich bars. Whilst browsing in one of these la[…]

Since the Christmas schedules are crammed with big news titles squaring up for a fight of Harryhausen proportions, the third quarter is closing to the sound of decks being cleared. The year’s poor sellers are being dumped onto high street conc[…]

Cool Britannia’s star has fallen, The Pharmacy had to go.
It always seemed out of its element ‘ it would have been much more comfortable in Dean Street. The only time I ate there it was full of mismatched couples and media types not to[…]

T-Mobile are now advertising their wanky service (you didn’t hear it hear first) with a strange almost CHAMBER BE-STRING’D rearrangement of MOTORCYCLE EMPTINESS by the Manics! It even includes someone standing under a “neon loneline[…]

Depressing food moments #heaven_knows:
Contents of Sarah’s cupboards.
Paprika
Ginger
Coriander (ground and seeds)
Fenugreek (ground and seeds)
Cardamom pods (green)
Nutmeg pods (brown)
Cayenne Pepper
Hot chilli powder
Cinammon
Garam Masala
Mus[…]

Land Of A Thousand Dances is doing the even vaster American equivalent of the already brobdignagian Popular – reviews of every No.1 hit single, in this case starting in 1950. Even if you’re not interested in 1950s No.1 hits (and what kind[…]

B-b-but Tim what about the Black Eyed Peas? Was sad upon actually seeing local video for local street children by Black Eyed Peas that they were a rather earnest “killings be bad” (and that’s a good thing [har har]) collective rathe[…]

Musty Bunches: “the beverage business blog”. Winningly irreverent inside track on drinks industry chatter, launches, flops, etc. Good stuff (and one place above us in Google for a certain Irish cream alcopop set to become a boozer’s[…]

This time it’s challah! (But on a Thursday?) I have three different recipes but which one to use? Not the one requiring six eggs, thanks. (I only have four in the house.) I combine the Mark Bittman (How to Cook Everything) and the most recent e[…]