There was a piece in The Guardian this weekend that tried to divide cookbooks into two clear categories – ‘lifestyle’ books and ‘instructional’ books. Most of the celeb chef fodder falls clearly into the ‘lifestyle’ category, along with many more serious books, such as Jennifer McLagan’s book about offal. I wrote about that one the other [...]
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As part of the preparation for the Leeds Loves Food festival later on this summer (1st to 4th July, to be exact), ten of the city’s restaurants are offering ‘starters for 10p’ on Saturday 8th May. Think of it as a taster day for the main festival. The restaurants involved are The Angel’s Share, Bretts, [...]
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Well, here we are. That was a struggle. them apples is now hosted on a shiny new ultra-slick and totally tricked out WordPress platform. Blogger was OK, but it wasn’t flexible or powerful enough, and I seemed to be spending too much time trying to disguise it as a WordPress blog, anyway. I’ve spent the [...]
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I’ve finally become terribly modern and set up a page on Facebook, so you can, if you excuse the slightly horrific terminology, become a ‘fan’* of them apples by clicking on the link below. * The whole being a ‘fan’ thing on Facebook disturbs me greatly. It just seems so narcissistic and self-centred for what’s [...]
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The Leeds Loves Food festival kicks off this Thursday in Millennium Square, Leeds. The festival covers the whole weekend with a range of foodie events across the city. Leeds’ best restaurants are involved, showcasing throughout the event. There’s plenty on, including: Salvo’s have a six course dinner in conjunction with Crag House Farm in Cookridge, [...]
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