Things I’ve cooked (part 1 of many)
So, last night it was hot, the sort of weather where cooking becomes a chore even for those of us who love it. But for some reason I still wanted to, so made for the quick and easy Squid Salad!
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What’s worse than pushing your way through a knot of late-afternoon drunks spilling out of the pub and over the pavement? Being one of them.
Now I make no secret of my loathing for drinking out of doors. Sweating it out on stony pavements or u[…]

Everyone loves cheese right? Cheese Net certainly do. You might expect a site with some rather good info on cheese but it is also garnished with a cheese of the day, troubleshooting section called Ask Dr Cheese and a Cheese Poem of the week. Their fa[…]

Do you fancy prison food?
Here’s a little something to keep those days in clink a little more nourishing, a great little article from a very good site for all things culinary.[…]

The publog vs CAMRA: a battle which is inherent in our very core. They believe the ale is the thing, we beg to differ – it is all about the pub. It is even more nebulous and subjective to judge the atmosphere of a venue than even the taste of a[…]

The lock-in is in danger. The licencing White Paper, with its attendent all night drinking will relegate the after hours boozer to the dumper of regulation and bouncers. I say this because of late I have become acquainted with a few lock-in pubs and […]

Further perusal of the historic pub interiors list shows that we have most certainly been sold a pub with theis CAMRA survey. When is a restoration not a refit after all? Of the five pubs in Central London with authentic pub interiors, two are Sam Sm[…]

CAMRA weeps: The Guardian reports on CAMRA’s report on pub heritage. It’s interesting that this pops up the week after Pete and I found ourselves inveighing against CAMRA’s failure to obsess about the pub environment. I’ve or[…]

Can you pick your favourite from the Time Out Pub Of The Year competition? Oddly much of the publog regulars are in a position to take part this year having been to almost all of the pubs (and come on, how can a pub in Greenwich win). We are currentl[…]

Pumpkin Publog supports responsible drinking
If you are reading this, there is a very slight chance that you might be drinking too much. Find out here.[…]