Falling in love with Polish herring + a recipe
I don’t tend to eat a lot of fish; maybe because I choked on a bone as a child and it put me off, or because I grew up in…
Gingey Bites
New Year’s resolutions
Are you the type of person who starts the new year a fresh each time? Do you wake up on the 1st of January with a head full of ideas…
The ultimate Welsh cheeseboard
It’ll come as no surprise when I tell you that for me, Christmas is mostly about the food. It’s also about family. We get together, batten down the hatches and…
Cheese and onion pie with winter slaw
I’ve always loved a pie. In fact, my first ever blog post back in 2012 was about a pie. Perhaps it’s because I just love comfort food or perhaps it’s…
Igniting a passion at the Black Country Living Museum
If I’m looking at my glass half full, I’d say that unemployment comes with its perks. I’ve had a lot of free time to spend with my friends and family…
Creamy butternut squash gratin
Well it’s most definitely autumn and winter is on the way. Cold, foggy, miserable weather has been the usual here so so comfort food order is the order of the…
FareShare South West – fighting against hunger and food waste
Food poverty in the UK is real. In Bristol, 26% of children live in households where there isn’t enough money to support a nutritionally balanced diet. That figure just seems…
A week of living below the line
This week, from Monday to Friday I was living below the line, with just £1 a day for all food and drink consumed. I did this to try and understand…