FIVE LIES ABOUT BIG FISH
2: Albert Finney and Jessica Lange are the same age.
Lange born 20 April 1949.
Finney born 9 May 1936.
And yet it is wholly convincing that they met when they were eighteen in the flick. What is even more convincing is that […]

PUBLOG CALL MY BLUFF:
What is Chowki? Is it
a) An Indian Restaurant just off of Piccadilly
b) A root vegetable notable for for being halfway between chicory and potato
c) Where Jonathon Ross gets sent when he breaks the law.
It is of course a), and t[…]

FIVE LIES ABOUT BIG FISH
1: Ewan MacGregor looks just like a young Albert Finney.
Just like in some parallel universe (far far away) Ewan is going to grow up into Alec Guinness, it is hard to believe that genetically he is equally mapped out to grow […]

NOTES ON RICE: the Swank Way to cook rice is to use exactly the right amount of water and cook for exactly the right amount of time. I sometimes think this is a kind of Top-Chef Showing-Off, and really evolved bcz Top Chefs employ someone else to cle[…]

Update!
well, so far we ain’t doing too well, the veal was lovely, cooked with creme fraice and mushroom. The horse sausage is with it’s true owner – Msr Hopkins and the clams? – they ran out of shelf life last night (pub dis[…]

Yesterday my book order arrived (along with a videogame for my soon to be husband). I’ve been trying to find a good indian recipe-book. (Yes, email me recommendations!) As I have only started cooking a year or two ago, I’m not yet exper[…]

Alexander McCall Smith ‘ The Precious Ramotswe books
It was the colourful book covers that first drew me in. I’m not sure if they come free with the purchase of a travelcard, but everyone on the tube seemed to be reading Alexander McCall […]

Right, before that crappy bit about adverts on page 3 of the Snide in saturday’s Grauniad devotes an whole hil-aaaar-ious page to this, YES we have spotted that Royal Carribean Cruises are using “There She Goes” by the Las on their[…]

A truly heart-warming story from grauniad education, combining my two best things LIFELONG LEARNING and BEER here at the beer academy. No dates for when their next courses are unfortunately, but I think this is something the publog should be relativ[…]

Television highlight of the week: Richard Madeley stings a woman with a bee live on Channel Four.
This is a demonstration to show how bee stings can relieve arthritis. After pointing out that there is no evidence to support such a claim, that the Nat[…]