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Recipe: Coq au Vin en Papillotte
Or, as we might say in the North of England, Chicken in a bag. Coq au Vin is that most traditional of retro Bistro dishes and I must admit, I…
Featured Recipes
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Recipe: Sea Bass, Sauce Vierge
The Sauce Vierge in this dish makes it sound complicated to make but in reality, a vierge (French for ‘virgin’) is incredibly simple and really only consists of olive oil,…
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Recipe: 45-second Steak Sandwich
I first wrote about the 45-second steak on my now-defunct Helium account and in that, I spoke of how to cook a steak in 45-seconds flat. Ok, it’s a bit…
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Recipe: Coq au Vin en Papillotte
Or, as we might say in the North of England, Chicken in a bag. Coq au Vin is that most traditional of retro Bistro dishes and I must admit, I…
Restaurant Reviews
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Restaurant review: The Old Moor Tavern, Broomhill
Don’t they say that Yorkshire folk are the most welcoming in the World? If that’s the case, someone ought to tell the Landlord of the Old Moor in Broomhill near Barnsley.
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Restaurant review: El Piano, York
Threading through this cosmopolitan, free-spirited city are a maze of cobbled streets and closeted buildings and with it, an endless array of culinary and other delights waiting to be discovered. Look deeply enough and you’ll find El Piano, located on Grape Lane, one of the oldest quarters in town still standing.
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Restaurant review: Nando’s, Sheffield
I wanted to hate Nando’s, I really did. I don’t know why either and I can only put it down to an irrepresible yet irrational urge to dislike anything that’s remotely corporate, uniform and homogenous.
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Product review: Sainsbury’s Egg & Bacon Sandwich
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsI'm not averse to a supermarket pre-packed sandwich but they can be awfully expensive when compared to say, a local sandwich shop and they're often hit-and-miss with the quality. -
Product review: Weetabix baked with Golden Syrup
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsThere are some constants in life. Sky is blue (or in England, a kind of dreary grey), grass is green (again, England's is more grey) and Weetabix have produced their unadorned breakfast cereal for what is probably a thousand years. I like Weetabix. Those crispy, wheaty biscuits providing a nice splash of simple flavours, textures and wholemeal goodness, perfect for a fulfilling breakfast. Well, as a side order to bacon but you get the idea. -
Product review: nakd Ginger Bread
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsIs ginger man enough to stand up to those dates? -
Product review: nakd Cashew Cookie
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsAfter the nakd Berry bar I tried earlier, I was looking forward to this Cashew Cookie -
Product review: nakd Crazy Cola Raisins
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsWho'd have thought it? How can marinating raisin and sultana's in a natural cola infusion work? Well, it does. Nakd, that make-glorious company who were on the receiving end of a very positive review for their Berry bar, have now released a new range of flavours to tempt us into their all-natural universe of other-worldly goodness. -
Restaurant review: The Old Moor Tavern, Broomhill
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 2 CommentsDon't they say that Yorkshire folk are the most welcoming in the World? If that's the case, someone ought to tell the Landlord of the Old Moor in Broomhill near Barnsley. -
Restaurant review: El Piano, York
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsThreading through this cosmopolitan, free-spirited city are a maze of cobbled streets and closeted buildings and with it, an endless array of culinary and other delights waiting to be discovered. Look deeply enough and you'll find El Piano, located on Grape Lane, one of the oldest quarters in town still standing. -
Restaurant review: Nando’s, Sheffield
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsI wanted to hate Nando's, I really did. I don't know why either and I can only put it down to an irrepresible yet irrational urge to dislike anything that's remotely corporate, uniform and homogenous. -
Restaurant review: Relish, Doncaster
Posted on September 29, 2011 | No CommentsTaking advantage of a fleeting pre-theatre meal at Relish was our first visit to this modern, funky eatery on East Laith Gate in Doncaster. -
Restaurant review: Jamie’s Italian, Covent Garden
Posted on September 27, 2011 | No CommentsYou've got to love Jamie Oliver, he's built himself a pretty good brand name and whether it's his accessible books, TV shows or funky tableware, there's a certain 'quality' to whatever he does. -
Book review: Jamie at Home
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsThis book represents something of a departure for the effervescent Essex-boy. By combining the usual high quality recipes that we've come to expect from Mr Oliver and a new-found passion for home-growing vegetables, he's created an amalgam of cookery twixt gardening book for beginners. The inevitable, accompanying TV series showed Jamie cooking some quite delicious-looking dishes in the cold comfort of a wind-swept allotment and these are all lovingly re-created here, along with quite a few others. It was an enjoyable series (I thought), but does the book live up to Jamie's usually-high standard and accessibility? Boringly, yes but with some caveats. -
Book review: Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsTo accompany the TV series of the same name, Jamie Oliver's 30-minute meals is a bold and ambitious book, aiming to put good, tasty food on the table in half an hour. Does it live up to Jamie's usual high standards or are the recipes simply too much for 30 frantic minutes of cooking? -
Doncaster Market, Best Market in England 2011, Official
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsDoncaster's Market has a long and varied history, inexorably tied up in the history of the town itself. Doncaster can trace it's own origins back to Roman times and was an important settlement of that era. However, very little remains of those early settlements and unlike York to the north, the town underplays it's heritage. There is an eight foot section of crumbling roman wall just to the side of St. Georges Church and that's your lot. It's usually surrounded by 'Council Working' barriers and I imagine they went up two thousand years ago. Tsk, Local Councils and their tea-breaks eh? -
Product review: Ugo’s Chicken and Mozzarella Panini
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsLike a vulture I circled, my preying eyes ablaze with the flames of indignant hunger. I had a skant few coppers to my name, their incessant jangling in my pocket matched only by the rumbling in my empty stomach. It had been hours, nay days, since my last meal, where I gorged and ate my fill on the butchered carcass of a pig (it was a bacon sandwich). That memory, like the nutrition it provided, had faded to a smoky greyness, dwelling in the pit of obscurity that my hunger recepticles had now fallen into. -
Product review: Sainsbury’s Chicken and Mushroom Puff Pastry Pie
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsThe short version: It's a pie. It's got chicken and mushroom in it. It's barely mediocre. 59p, 452 calories, 10% saturated fat. -
Product review: Halls Extra Strong Mentho-lyptus Lozenges
Posted on September 14, 2011 | 1 CommentMan Flu. It's a deadly disease that affects one half of the population. Serious scientific studies by serious men in serious white coats have shown that Man Flu is responsible for more lost days at work, more abandoned home DIY projects and consigned a whole species of people to the settee than any other disease on the planet. -
Product review: Feasters Original Smoked Bacon Butty
Posted on September 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Feasters Smoked Bacon Butty is free of any mayonaissally-inspired ambitions and comes with a sachet of tomato ketchup instead. Looking at it through the plastic packaging, the bacon is almost as anaemic as my mate Nigel. His skin is virtually translucent and if he stands up to the sun, you can see his internal organs. -
Product review: Feasters Chicken, Bacon and Cheese Melt
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsFeasters are a company specializing in the microwave ready-meal market and produce a range of snacks and ready-to-go sandwiches. One of their Unique Selling Points (USP, or gimmick if you like) is their 'Crispy Baguette' which is basically a bread roll inside a tube of corrugated cardboard. You see, this makes the bread 'crispy' when heated in a microwave. I bet Hovis are really worried. -
Product review: Levi Roots Caribbean Hot Chilli Beef
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsHe's a successful entrepreneur who in the spirit of enterprise, grew his small food stall serving the crowds of the Notting Hill Carnival to a multi-national food production company. His profile rose somewhat with a charismatic appearance on BBC TV's Dragons Den, securing funding from none other than Peter Jones and Richard Farleigh. -
Product review: Golden Wonder Chip Shop Curry Nations Not-a-Pot Noodles
Posted on September 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsNot-a-Pot Noodles were invented by a Cornish man in 1982. He was abducted by one of those afore-mentioned aliens who probed him in painful places with long metal poles. They planted the seed of an idea, the germination of a thought into his receptive brain and lo, the Pot Noodle was born. The idea was sold to Golden Wonder who have been extolling its virtues ever since.
