Then I know you aren’t all fellow history graduates, and didn’t necessarily study the history of the East India Company, but I’m sure you’ll have heard of it. In its very long history, it’s also been referred to as the East India Trading Company, the English East India Company and the British East India Company. ... Read more »
A few weeks back, three bloggers spent a happy evening with Gaggia learning about their coffee and ice cream machines. Following on from that, they loaned us an ice cream machine each. So, for a few weeks, I have a beautiful big Gaggia to play with, as does my chocolate blog friend, Dom. Dom and ... Read more »
Like many others, I was invited to cook some of the meals from the Sainsbury’s Feed Your Family For £50 meal plan which purports to provide 3 meals a day for 7 days, for a family of four. Of course, I don’t have a family of four and would not have stuck to it exactly ... Read more »
I’ve been thinking about this question recently, not least because I was sent two different burgers to review, and I was also asked to define my ultimate burger. Broadly, there are three aspects to a burger – the meat patty, the bun and the various condiments served inside or with it. The Patty This is ... Read more »
Paul A Young has opened a new store in Soho. This is good news. Actually this is great news. Actually this is bloody fantastic news! Why? Because, for me, Soho is a lot more convenient than either his Islington Camden Passage or Bank locations. Which means more fabulous Paul A Young chocolate in my life! ... Read more »
Their last advertising campaign genuinely creeped me out. So I was a little apprehensive when asked to come along to an event celebrating the launch of their new one, incase I didn’t like this one either. There were new single pot products being launched, a rebranding of Frü into the main Gü brand, and a ... Read more »
I love yoghurt and always have. When my sister and I were growing up, we’d fight over the thick, creamy layer on the top of mum’s home-made natural yoghurt. We loved it as it was, we loved it mixed with mint sauce to make a tangy, minty dressing and we loved it mixed with cucumbers, ... Read more »
Brunch One fine and sunny Saturday morning, earlier this month, I made my way to London Fields to enjoy a very fine brunch organised by Jordans Cereals and laid on by the lovely Uyen of the Fernandez & Leluu supper club. The brunch was to introduce a group of us to the latest product ... Read more »
I had no intention to blog any further about Easter chocolate eggs, after the Great Easter Egg Review and the posh Crème Eggs, but I simply must share the delights of one more egg with you! To my shame, I failed to invite Gorvett & Stone to participate in my review – I simply didn’t ... Read more »
Late last month, Paul A Young tweeted about his latest creation: I was quite excited… I’m a huge fan of his original chocolate brownie, a huge fan of Billington’s sugars, especially their muscovado and a huge fan of marzipan. (Addict would be closer to reality on that last one). I’ve used Billington’s unrefined sugars and ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]