Consider yourselves on notice, Morrisons.[…]

In response to the growing interest in “premium” foods, Burger King will apparently be launching “The Angus” – the first fast food burger to gain accreditation from the shadowy organisation that licenses the Aberdeen Ang[…]

When I first encountered it (1991 – considerable after this much older photo which on closer examination may well be of a completely different building on the same site) the pub at the St Clements Roundabout in Oxford (aka The Plain) was called[…]

Great Windmill Street isn’t that great a street really. A couple of exotic dancing dives, The Fabulous Windmill Theatre*, and a few ropey restaurants and bars. But it did used to be a one hundred yard drag which was home to four pubs. The two b[…]

Looks like you were all a bit perplexed by yesterday’s picture. Time to put you out of your misery and get Eric to reveal the answer… (more…)[…]

At this time of year, we’re all thinking about planting a few spring bulbs and protecting our tender plants from the winter frosts. But let’s forget I’m a telly gardener for a bit while my supposed avuncularity is awkwardly slotted […]

ok i was too busy to blog this on sat and then forgot and now cannot remember key details but on one of the bbc mornin cookin progs, there was an italian guest chef, and he was suggestin that for once we cook not with PARMESAN (“which smell of […]

Marketing Week have let us know that comments box regulars Diageo have been busy at the patent office, coming up with these new booze ideas:
– compartmentalised bottles for sychronised layered drinks pourage! Dragon’s Den tastic!
– […]

New Product! According to Marketing Week, Guinness are about to launch “Guinness Red”, its first major new product since Guinness Extra Cold.
The new beer will be poured and served like Guinness, and have a similar ABV, but where Guinness[…]

Long term readers of Freakytrigger will remember me mentioning on the Publog about a year and a half ago, that Carling were dipping their toes in the weak as piss lager market (currently territory of Tesco’s own Lager). Those who don’t re[…]