The Spotted Duck, Mountsorrel
*Sadly, The Spotted Duck has now closed – Feb 2018* When John’s House opened in late 2014, my mum’s village of Mountsorrel was
The Greyhound, Botcheston, Leicestershire
I’m a sucker for a good story and even more so when it involves food. I think this is just that. The Greyhound
Revisiting Farndon Fields, Market Harborough
It’s been ages since I last went to Farndon Fields Farm Shop in Market Harborough, a place I used to love visiting when
The Spice Cube, Mountsorrel
I really do love curry, it’s probably one of my favourite things to eat. It’s one of those things I really crave sometimes,
Back to School with Burleigh’s Gin
Everyone knows I love gin. I LOVE IT! So when 45 West Gin School invited me to join them at their distillery just
The Pug and Greyhound, Great Glen
A gorgeous summer evening – a gorgeous village pub. The Pug & Greyhound is in Great Glen, a large picturesque village to the
The Old Bulls Head, Woodhouse Eaves
The Old Bull’s Head in Woodhouse Eaves is the gastro pub equivalent of marmite. It elicits a different response from everyone I ask
Boboli, Kibworth Beauchamp
With Vicky (my trusty sidekick) at my side, I ventured out the other side of Leicester last week for dinner at Boboli, a
Lunch at Gino’s Pear Tree, Woodhouse Eaves
*Gino’s Pear Tree relaunced in 2017 as a contemporary Mediterranea inspired village inn. Still under the same owners but with a new look
The Curzon Arms, Woodhouse Eaves
Despite my love of fancy restaurants, you really can’t beat a proper good pub. One where the locals are ‘local’ and the bar