The biggest ingredient in beer is water, so it makes sense that the particular type of water that the brewer uses is going to have a distinct effect on the finished drink. In that sense, Einstök would seem to have a slight advantage, with their brewery perched on the northern shores of Iceland, in a fishing [...]

I haven’t made any mince pies this year, and I think I’ve only actually eaten one, and that was mediocre at best. It tasted of stale carpet, and Marks & Spencer really should try harder. This is a disappointing situation, so I did something about it. Here’s a very quick and simple recipe that uses [...]

It’s interesting, isn’t it, how things come together? Do you find sometimes that a particular thing you did a long time ago comes back around in a spectacularly unsuspecting way? This happens to me often. At work, we call it ‘planting seeds’, an odd comment or email dropped here or there that’s designed to give [...]

Nose-to-tail eating is everywhere, right now. The idea – and it’s a very good idea indeed – is to use every part of the animal for something useful. It’s an idea that rests on the basis that something like a pig really doesn’t have any bad bits at all, and it challenges whatever preconceived notions [...]