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10 August 2008: The Balcony Food Zone

Regular readers will know that I like my food, and I’m keen on quality. I’ve baked my own bread for around two years now (and indeed, as I type, there’s a malthouse loaf proving in the kitchen), and I like to eat good quality food.

11 March 2008: The cheese on TV that really grates

Being a bit of a keen cook, and someone who likes to do things reasonably properly if possible, I know Delia wasn’t really aimed at me. I mean, there’s just no way on earth you’ll find frozen mashed potato in my freezer.

4 January 2008: Jellied Eels

Just had them for the first time after a work lunchtime visit to A Cooke’s pie and mash shop on the Goldhawk Road. Makes you wonder how something which looks so disgusting, can actually be so wonderfully tasty…

5 November 2007: Foie Gras? In the BBC canteen? You’ll be lucky!

There’s an interesting article about complaints in the BBC staff canteens, in the Sunday Telegraph.

23 September 2007: Bonjourrrrr, yah cheese-eatin’ surrender monkeys!

In France, Catherine ate on average 3.2 different cheeses per day. That’s a lot of cheese.

15 December 2005: Jumbucks. Just say NO

Quite frankly, the Jumbuck’s pie I ate this evening, was by far the blandest, most tasteless food I have ever, EVER eaten in my life. This wasn’t bad tasting. This was just non-existant tasting. It apparently had meat in it. I know cos I put some in my mouth. But it just tasted of, well nothing. It was is my tastebuds had gone on a hundred mile hike, and wouldn’t be back for another fortnight.

22 November 2005: Vegetarian Iceland

In August 2005 myself and Catherine went on holiday to Iceland. However there’s one thing that makes any travelling vegetarian nervous, it’s the issue of food. In a special guest post (cos she doesn’t have her own blog), I’ve allowed Catherine to fill up the server with a post about it.

31 July 2005: Lunch and Stroll in Hampstead

Every now and then, you want to go out for a good Sunday lunch. There’s something so good about going out for Sunday lunch - having a nice meal, reading the paper and so on, with perhaps a nice stroll afterwards. Today on a whim we decided to head for somewhere where a good Sunday lunch would be almost guarenteed. Today we headed for the poshness of Hampstead.

14 May 2005: Scotch Steak Houses - Evil With A Green Sign

If you’ve never come across one, they’re exactly like Aberdeen Angus Steak Houses. And if you’ve never seen one of those, they have big clunky signs, everything is red inside and they look plain awful.

12 April 2005: Keep Me Away From Those Pies

Farmers markets are a dangerous place where I scour the place sampling, tasting, and thinking about how nice it would be to buy some of that stuff there, before hastily pulling myself back and saying, well yes, but what would you actually do with it?

2 March 2005: Jamie’s School Dinners

Watching it and seeing the processed crap that kids get served at school… well I’m not particularly impressed.

8 January 2004: Wotsit Wotnot?

The odd boasts of a packet of crisps.

6 November 2003: Cranks Light

The true path to looking good is eating well - but eating well doesn’t have to be fattening!

28 October 2003: More Beef and Guinness Pie

It’s been over a year since I last ate Beef and Guinness Pie at the Red Lion, but I was not disappointed tonight.

6 July 2003: The Amazing Chip Vending Machine.

Chips from a vending machine? Sometimes you just have to try these things. Why, who knows, but you do.

8 June 2003: Yes sir, it’s here to stay. For a few weeks anyway.

The amazing McDonalds redefinition of the phrase ‘here to stay’.

25 April 2003: Pigeon at the Pub, or just frozen Scampi and chips?

Pub food doesn’t have to be scampi and chips, or mass produced Chicken Tikka Masalla. It can be homemade, creative and interesting. You just have to find the pub…

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