Denmark, Pigs and Cauliflower Cheese
“Denmark is literally filled with pigs” a friend told me in the pub a couple of weeks ago, just before I set off on holiday. “Seriously, you can hardly move for the pigs”… Read More
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Celebrating Bacon with Cowboy Beans
You asked for my take on the great joys of life. The taste of crisp bacon. The love of my wife. Often that order could be reversed, but some days, the taste of… Read More
Budget food
Budget eating is big. There are entire blogs devoted to feeding yourself on a shoestring. And today I’m going to join in, because I came up with quite a good wheeze involving the… Read More
Why I love Sundays
Sundays are for lying about, listening to Desert Island Discs, drinking excessive amounts of tea…and bacon sandwiches. Thanks Emmett’s for making my Sunday.
Mac ‘n cheese: the ultimate comfort food
When it comes to nasty things lurking in the fridge, a gnarldy piece of cheese ranks highly. Everyone’s got one. An old lump of Cathederal City, a pongy bit of Castello Blue, or… Read More
Ode to the pork pie that never was
Now that a week has passed, I’m about ready to write about the tragedy that was my pork pie. It was an ambitious project…and I could have pulled it off. But I didn’t.… Read More
Shopping in the cheap aisle: Sunday Supper
Just a quick post to eulogize the wonders of discount-aisle shopping. On Sundays, the local Tesco’s shuts at 4:30. This poses a problem, because at 4:30 I’ve usually only just finished lunch, and… Read More
Using leftover egg yolks: Traditional Carbonara
Making macaroons (or meringues or pavlova) means one thing: lots of left over egg yolks. It is possible to freeze them. There’s a problem with that though – it means that at some… Read More
The most manly Salad out there: Turbo Salad
Right now, the Oxbridge boys preparing for the boat race will be knocking back 6,000 calories a day. If you think that’s a lot, then Michael Phelps regularly wolfs down 10,000 calories a… Read More