Have you ever gone to the fridge to cook something and noticed at the last second that the date on it had passed maybe a day or two ago? Did you chuck it out and cook something else, or did you chance your luck and give it a go? Depending on the particular type of [...]
On holiday in France the other week, we spent a morning wandering round the weekly market in Chablis. There was a little butcher’s van there, a chevaline boucher, a horse meat specialist. I bought a small piece of faux fillet for a couple of Euros, took it home, seasoned it and cooked it. The meat [...]
Leeds is littered with bad coffee shops. They’re everywhere, on every corner, selling their burnt-out espresso watered down with a gallon of milk to disguise the terrible taste of the coffee within. In among all the multinational chains, there are a few independents, places serving the real deal and serving it with passion and skill. [...]
There’s a cautionary tale here, or a call to arms, depending on which way you look at it. Mrs Liu went to a restaurant in Taipei, found the food ‘too salty’, saw a couple of cockroaches in the kitchen, wrote about his experiences and ended up being sued for libel by an outraged restaurant owner. [...]
Remember the other week I ran a survey about what people call their main mealtimes? The results are in, and as you can see above, they’re quite surprising. In all honesty, I wasn’t expecting such a decisive result over the mid-day meal. Lunch it is, and that appears to be that! Results for an evening [...]