Cooking the books: we’ll eat again – wartime recipes
After a year long hiatus (and maybe more), March saw the return of my cooking the books series. To recap, if you missed last month’s post, this is something I…
Gingey Bites
Tamago Donburi
Here’s another easy recipe for you to try during lockdown: tamago donburi. We love to cook food inspired by our travels and short-grain rice, cooked in the rice cooker we…
Daddy Cool’s eggy bread
In a recent twitter poll, 47% of you voted for more recipes on the blog so I’m kick starting that with a really simple but luxury recipe which takes me…
Cooking the books: Mandalay, recipes and tales from a Burmese kitchen
.After a year long hiatus (and maybe more), it’s time for cooking the books! I put the shout out on twitter earlier in the month and you spoke, as you…
Supporting local food businesses across the UK during Coronavirus
Wow, where to start? It’s been quite a week (or two). When I last updated the blog, Coronavirus (or Covid-19) was something happening in China and something we heard about…
JML artificial pork stew noodle cup
Back in the summer of 2019, when Dave and I worked at the same place in the city centre, we set ourselves something called the Noodle Cup Challenge. The idea…
What’s the right approach? Thoughts on plant based eating…
This month Dave decided to follow a wholly plant-based diet. Unlike the vast majority of people doing Veganuary he opted for the lesser known, possibly made up, Veganbruary. He’s done…
A whole load of Bristol Belly Laughs
January was crazy. So crazy that I actually made myself ill and am now moping around the house feeling just a tad sorry for myself. It was worth it though.…
A stay at the Plough Inn, Cold Aston
toI love the Cotswolds. It’s such quintessentially English countryside. Rolling hills, sheep dotting the landscape and pretty stone cottages. It all feels a little bit Famous Five, like stepping back…