Sharing a love of good food - recipes from my kitchen - eating out - great producers & suppliers
Stone Food & Drink Festival, now in its fifteenth year, seems to be going from strength to strength. Held over the first weekend in October, the 2019 Festival drew huge crowds to the Staffordshire town. As on a number of other years, I joined them …Read more
In this post I share some of my food and drink highlights from last month, bringing together the best of the blog and my social media during September 2019. Read about Love Lamb Week, dog friendly eating and drinking in Staffordshire, two great value restaurants, …Read more
In this post I share some of my food and drink highlights from last month, bringing together the best of the blog and my social media during August 2019. Includes quality but affordable dining in Lichfield, Thai lunchtime bargains, tapas at my local village pub, …Read more
In this post I share some of my food and drink highlights from last month, bringing together the best of the blog and my social media during July 2019. Includes holiday eating on Anglesey, homegrown veg, food writing tips and my first taste of Tibetan …Read more
Are you thinking of starting a food blog or beginning some other form of food writing? In this post I share a few of the tips I’ve picked up to help make your food writing stand out. Earlier this month, I was invited onto BBC …Read more
Besides enjoying the outdoors with our cocker spaniel Larkin, eating and drinking is how we spend a lot of our leisure time. Naturally, that means we’re always on the look-out for dog friendly venues. In this post I share with you my favourite dog friendly …Read more
Anglesey, off the north coast of Wales, is rightly becoming ever more popular. We love it, not just for its stunning beaches and clifftop scenery, but also for its impressive local food scene. In this post I share with you some of my foodie highlights …Read more
My round-up of food and drink highlights for June 2019 is a little different from previous months. That’s because towards the end of June I went off on my holidays to Anglesey. I’m posting from there right now and I’ll write about it later in …Read more
Now in its eleventh year, Congleton Food & Drink Festival attracts thousands of people to this Cheshire market town. I went along to the most recent event to sample what was on offer and to bring a nice little haul of goodies home too. A …Read more
Pea Shoots are really easy to grow at home. All you need is a windowsill. So forget those bags of limp supermarket ones, cut days ago and trucked around the country. Grow your own and you’ll have super-fresh pea shoots whenever you want. If you’ve …Read more
In this post I share some of the food and drink highlights from last month, bringing together the best of the blog and from my social media during May 2019. MICROGREENS There’s something really special about growing your own food and always a feeling …Read more
Feast Stone is the Staffordshire market town’s new street food event. I went along to the first one to see what it was all about & was mightily impressed. Last night saw the first street food event in Stone, the market town which is home …Read more
Microgreens, packed with nutrition and flavour, are incredibly easy to grow at home. In this post I show you how. While a huge proportion of our food these days is transported across (and, even worse, flown over) the world, what could be more local …Read more
In this post I share some of the food and drink highlights from last month, bringing together the best of the blog and from my social media during April 2019. The Old Mill Smokehouse & Craft Ale Bar, Leek I’d heard mixed feedback about …Read more
In this, my first round-up, I want to share with you some of the food and drink I enjoyed over the previous month. Most of this won’t have featured elsewhere on the blog. Usually, my posts are detailed recipes, reviews and profiles of producers and …Read more
Now we’re well into November, I think it’s OK to mention the ‘C’ word. Christmas, that is. In this post I tell you about some of my favourite local, independent food and drink businesses that can help you have a wonderful indie Christmas. Whether you’re …Read more
I’ve been going to north and mid wales for almost thirty years, and to Anglesey for the last six. I fell for this fabulous island straight away and, recently returned from our latest stay in Rhosneigr, in this post I share some of the great …Read more
I’ve often holidayed in Northumberland over the years. I love its big, beautiful coastline, huge beaches, famous castles, charming towns, wildlife and, of course, its food. Recently back from a week’s stay, in this post I share some of the food I enjoyed during our …Read more
My contribution to the Columbo Bowl Chili Cook-Along, celebrating the publication of Cooking with Columbo. There’s a word for the effect on my brain of watching Swan Song, episode seven of season three of Columbo: an earworm. An ear worm is a piece of music …Read more
Are you one of those people who’ve set themselves the goal of a ‘Dry January’? Dry January is a campaign run by Alcohol Concern to encourage people to drink no alcohol for the 31 days of January. And I’m going to be one of them …Read more
Food – dogs – books – films It’s always satisfying when I come across something that combines at least two of my major passions. And, for the record, my major passions include: food (obviously), dogs (especially English cocker spaniels), books and films. For instance, as Ernest …Read more
A number of recipes on my blog use an Instant Pot pressure cooker, so I thought I’d better let you know here what they’re all about. First off, I should say that I’m not affiliated with Instant Pot at all. And this isn’t a sponsored post. …Read more
FoodFest is being held in Newcastle-Under-Lyme this weekend and I went along on Saturday morning to see what it was all about. There’s still one day left, so here’s a quick tour of what you’ll find at FoodFest. FoodFest is a community group based in …Read more
Although it’s felt like Autumn’s been coming on a while now, it doesn’t officially start until 22 September. This is the 2017 date of the Autumn equinox when the sun is exactly above the equator so that day and night are of equal length. The …Read more
I most often write about about food I’ve cooked, meals eaten out and great suppliers. But I’m lucky enough to have friends who are fantastic cooks and in this post I want to share a perfect lunch I had recently while staying with friends. Emma …Read more