UNAPPETIZING FOODSTUFF DESCRIPTIONS: Supermalt
A helpdesk fella has just popped in to my office to disentagle yet another flaw with Windows 2000 Professional and spied a kay of Yebisu Malt Beer. Now Yebisu is one of my favourite Japanese beers and su[…]

Libidinize THIS!
Here’s a question which I asked in the comments box to this posting but which I wanted to highlight because it seems to run contrary to established rules of economics (or capital if you prefer):
How come the cheapest fish fing[…]

From borscht to barbeque — one of the treats about the get-together at my friends Hans and Kathy’s place, besides the excellent range of food (extremely well-marinated steak, excellent chicken, a good selection of salads and so forth) was[…]

The Robin Hood is a People’s Pub. All the net profits are given away to worthy community causes. Hurrah! I have no idea how much money is actually left after costs are met but judging from the beer prices (usual Brighton extortion) it must be a[…]

why are the bananas at pret so horrible currently?
if i weren’t going on holiday for two weeks to somewhere where they possibly don’t have prets (= france!) i wd pursue this fiercely –> they taste ok-ish kinda at point of chew but […]

Dining Distractions
Children in restaurants: no bad thing, train their palates young, etc etc.
Lone diners: no bad thing, takes a bit of guts but lack of company should never deter the dedicated foodie.
BUT!
Children in restaurants ignored by their p[…]

Fruit Cobblers
I’m not much for sweets, but it’s hard to beat a fresh fruit cobbler when the peaches and blueberries start coming in. I’ve tried several cobbler recipes over the years and they’ve all come up short – producin[…]

Breakfast with the snoots — the Pacific Whey Cafe and Baking Company knows its audience and knows its locale. That’s the well-off and then some crew that lurks not merely in Newport Beach in my neck of the woods, but Corona del Mar and th[…]

Gah
As I may have mentioned before, I’m less than pleased at Morrison’s takeover of Safeway. This is not to praise the latter chain, it was a mediocre supermarket at best, and horrifically overpriced; and this is also not to say that I&#8[…]

RIP Julia Child — I’m not too sure what her reputation outside of America was in the food world, so if others could chime in, but in it, she was hands down the queen when it came to famous chefs. Like many my age, I think I first learned[…]