Bah, despite going to the old Head of Steam (see publog, passim), the night after it re-opened, we have still be beaten to the first write-up by fancyapint. As Jack says, it’s a very benign make over, but i think it works well. They’ve t[…]

While shopping this past weekend my eyes were drawn to this book called “Pie”. Ready for the xmo buying season, the publishers have spent their publicity cash getting it in those prime places in the bookshop, and the book strikingly LOOKS[…]

“they taste like bacon”
(ok this story is irresistable obv BUT i. it only licked a reporter’s hand and ii. in taste terms as much as any, prosciutto is NOT actually bacon)
(also: the word prosciutto derives from the Latin perexsuc[…]

AIM: To replicate the legendary LONG EGG, of GALA PIE fame
APPARATUS: many eggs (as per), tall pan, foil, cylindrical “formers”, knife, wooden skewer
INITIAL COMMENTS: the basic principle here is bound to be v close to the realactual meth[…]

AIM: To replicate the legendary LONG EGG, of GALA PIE fame
APPARATUS: many eggs (as per usual)* — plus also beef gelatin, pan, disposable cylindrical container (i used the bottom half of an EVIAN bottle), kitchen scissors, kitchen knife
INITIAL[…]

There was an interesting article in this week’s Marketing Week about cider, which is undergoing something of a boom. Actually the article wasn’t especially interesting for what it said about cider itself (other than to point out that the […]

I had noticed over the last few months that there had been an increase in both the amount and the variety of non-english (or “Uxbridge” [0]) Diet Coke that was making its way into the sandwich shops I frequent around the Covent Garden are[…]

The Holloway is not the nicest pub in the world. It used to be a Litten Tree, which changed its name after a murder took place in it. The manager clearly thought that naming the the pub after a nearby prison might put off some of the worst punters fr[…]

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ok so doctrah becky was in st petersberg at a global museums conference and she brought me back this PRESENT = see left! Googlin “Nestlé Classic FOR MEN” i discover further info (on the estimable junkfoodblog) viz that Nestlé’s pr[…]