I like to think of myself as being quite adventurous in the kitchen (by which I mean that I am adventurous as a cook, not that I have a climbing wall in the kitchen or abseil down from the bathroom each morning), but there are a few food combinations that just leave me cold, and […]
A meat free barbecue with Quorn
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a barbecue by Quorn. As it’s still early days for ‘It’s not easy being greedy’ in terms of making friends with brands and PRs, I’ll pretty much go to the opening of an envelope if it’s food related, so I accepted the invitation despite the fact that […]
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Seven sublime courses at Ink, thanks to Zomato
I was recently contacted by Zomato about contributing on their website – a restaurant discovery platform. I’d never heard of them before, but met someone from their team to find out about them, and came away impressed by what they do: Zomato provides a simple website and mobile app, which is free to download and use, […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 2 – savoury biscuits: oatcakes
I had high hopes for this week’s GBBO challenge – but I had a few kitchen disasters, so what I eventually ended up making was not what I had planned. But first the show – I was glad to see the return of the historical segment this week: this time about why ice cream cones […]
A lighter meal with Quark
I came across Quark a few years ago when I was doing Weightwatchers to shed some pounds. All the other ladies I met were shouting about how wonderful it was because it tasted creamy despite being almost fat free, and so I found myself experimenting with Quark on their recommendation: making cheesecakes and eton mess […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 1 – cherry cake
I am, like many, so excited and delighted to see the Great British Bake Off back for another series … and this time on BBC1! Poor Andrew detests the show – he just cannot understand why anyone would be interested in watching people bake – but he does like to sample any goodies I make, […]
It’s here: The Great British Bake Off 2014
I am feeling just a teeny bit excited about this year’s Great British Bake Off. Well maybe a LOT excited. I love that show! As with last year, I’ve decided to do a Bake Off challenge for the blog, so each week I’ll be making one of the dishes the bakers have to make. Last […]
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Birthday dinner at The Berkeley by Marcus Wareing
Andrew and I went through a stage a few years ago where we went to a lot of Michelin-starred restaurants, but then we decided to buy a house and realised that going out to posh places wasn’t compatible with saving money for a house, and we pretty much stopped going out for dinner all together. […]
Foodie penpals – July 2014
I was really starting to worry about foodie penpals this month: I received my parcel from Caitlin in Cornwall towards the middle of the month, but it took nearly two weeks for my parcel to Kadri to arrive in Switzerland … luckily it arrived just in the nick of time for Kadri to enjoy my […]
E is for Ecuador – El Rincon Quiteno
Thanks to the recent arrival of Henry, Charlotte’s adorable little baby boy, we haven’t had much opportunity to move ahead with Alphabet Adventures. But Charlotte decided to make the best possible use of her maternity leave (during breaks from caring for Henry, of course!) by searching for a restaurant so that we could continue our adventures […]