It’s time for Cooking the books! To recap, this is something I came up with to try and make better use of my huge collection of …

Just an old school food and travel blogger

It’s time for Cooking the books! To recap, this is something I came up with to try and make better use of my huge collection of …

When we were in Bali we saw a programme on food challenges around the world. I think it was a Man V Food type thing. …

I really have to learn to speed up my reviews. Probably a month ago now, we had dinner at The Plumed Serpent Cantina during their …

When I think of summer food my mind doesn’t always jump to what you’d expect. Don’t get me wrong, I do love salad on occasions …

“Sometimes I just can’t be bothered to cook” said every food blogger more times than they care to admit. Contrary to opinion, we don’t spend …

Who says Christmas is all about turkey & stuffing? Let’s heat things up with these Beef Taquitos! The lovely folk behind Mextrade UK have sent …

Everyone loves chilli, don’t they? It’s one of those staple midweek meals, whipped up on a school night and reheated the next day for lunch …
If you live in Loughborough or have spent any time there over the last 15 years or so, you’ve probably already heard of this place. …

Here’s comfort food with a kick. Taken from one of my less used books The Market Kitchen Cookbook, this is a Tom Parker Bowles recipe …

I’m so pleased to be part of the new midlands blogger community set up by the BBC Good Food Show and last week they sent …