I went into a Wetherspoon’s last night. Something I now rarely do (outside of airports). This one, The Asparagus in Wandsworth, was as bog standard as most. And indeed the standard of the bogs belied the name of the pub. I have not been in pub […]

Open2 sheds some light: in response to Pete’s musings, I immediately thought that the beans/UK craze might be a first world war thing – tinned rations at the front, shared experience of hardship, a generation shaped ect ect.
But no &#8211[…]

Not an official World Cup licence holder? Would like to join in with the fun/jump on the footballing bandwagon to get added sales anyway? Why not have a football theme anyway – you don’t need to say the words World Cup.
And therefore we g[…]

Yes, yes Food Science Day – a rip-roaring success last year and to be repeated this summer. But whilst the science helps us understand how food works, sometimes one needs an understanding of the cultural history of food to understand some of it[…]

Are Creme Eggs a man-made substitute for Nature’s eggs? Evidently not but I’m impressed that the dude’s commitment to using chocolate eggses as real eggses extends as far as throwing away the shells.[…]

So to Cains Lager then. Voted by GQ the second best thing in the world. Not that I would ever trust GQ to be my beer bible. Despite us not being bale to order their stuff, the nice men at Cains delivered a pallet or so of the Cain Lager bottles. The […]

So I’ve been getting emails from badger brewery about their exciting range of beer since I entered a competition they were running at the GBBF last year, but this month they have surpassed themselves. Along with ideas for weekend breaks at som[…]

So further journeys into the Liverpool beer story, and more on Cains. Clearly the presentation worked as a bunch of us (including some who have had pretty high powered pub pasts) hunted down the nearest Cains pub for a pint. The Dispensary on Renshaw[…]

Am at a conference at the moment for the services side of students’ unions. Whilst we are constantly being told that the student profile is changing and new opportunities must be sought, the conference still centres heavily on alcohol and drinking.[…]

Ha ha ha, the BBC. Not quite sure where Mr. Venters got the idea that a sandwich with about 3 layers of fat is ‘healthy’. Also, it’s spelled ROCKET.[…]