December 12, 2009 Eating out 
We’d walked a long way, from the famous bridge over the River Kwai into Kanchanaburi, the nearest town. Thailand had been hard work. It was hot. Very hot. Even the women who patiently and carefully watered the grass in the Allied cemetery were wilting among the stark white tombstones, each bearing a British name and [...]
Read the full article → September 29, 2009 Food & drink 
The passing of Keith Floyd earlier this month caused me to dig out one of his old cookbooks, Floyd on France, a cornerstone of the Floyd canon and packed full of traditional French recipes described and executed with typical flair. Beef Bourgignon, caught my eye. It is, as Floyd puts it ‘a splendid stew (that) [...]
Read the full article → 
