Sundays are meant to be slow. They’re supposed to be lazy, a small chance to rest after the trials and triumphs of the week gone and to prepare for those to come. I start Sunday with a lot of coffee, a pile of maple syrup covered pancakes on the kids’ plates and a newspaper, sat [...]
French? Well, no, not really…more like one of those ‘modern British’ places. There’s a lot of belly pork, lamb, black pudding and the like, with the odd Mediterranean dish and some Asian flavours here and there, too. Mainly though, think classic British ingredients and you’ll be close to the mark. It’s been there for years, [...]
I’ve written a piece about the restaurants and bars in Saltaire for Leeds-based arts and culture blog, The Culture Vulture. This is the first time I’ve written a guest piece for anybody else, and I’m very grateful to Emma at The Culture Vulture for giving me the opportunity in the first place, and even more [...]
Saltaire Brewery have an interesting approach to brewing. They brew lots of different beers. No, really, lots…. There’s at least twenty-five beers listed on their website at the moment. Of course, they’re not all in production at the same time, but it shows that they’re willing to experiment a little and try things out. That’s [...]
Alex James is an unlikely cheese maker. As Blur’s bass player, James claims to have drunk a million pounds worth of champagne in three years, whilst contributing to some of the most innovative and enduring records of the last twenty years, both of which I suppose are significant achievements, just in very different ways. All [...]