We’re just introducing the following dessert onto our menu. The recipe makes enough for four people but you could always double up the chocolate brownie part of the recipe if you wanted to make just some brownies on their own. It’s really something that you can change to suit what you can get your hands […]
As a child I went through a period of being obsessed by what would happen to me after death. Not in a religious way; Sunday school and RE lessons had sorted that one out – at least until I hit the argumentative stage. No, it was to do with the bit they burnt or buried; […]
I once spent a very late, boozy evening at a dinner with an accountant. Yes, it appears that sometimes accountants can be fun but maybe it takes a three course meal and a couple of bottles of wine. Anyway, we had a mathematical argument. I told him that a banker once told me that restaurants […]
Of course Iain Duncan Smith can live on £53 a week. Remember, that’s a figure after various other benefits have been taken into account so it’s there for actual luxuries – like food. It’s a spurious argument really. Iain Duncan Smith lives in luxury compared with most people but, to be honest, there are very […]
Last week’s recipe was for a goat or lamb curry with lentils and I’m continuing the theme this week with another warming dish, but this time vegetarian and inexpensive, for this unseasonally cold Spring. I’ve used puy lentils but other sorts can be used. However, just make sure that you follow the preparation and cooking […]
I use a smartphone. Well they call it that but it’s a bit of a misnomer because it’s as thick as a plank unless I use it properly. Much of its time it just sits in my pocket doing little but costing me lots. But despite some limitations, and it’s owner is often the main […]
Goat? How often have you seen goat meat in the butchers? But believe it or not, goat is the most commonly eaten meat in the world. And yet we don’t eat much of it in the UK. Well maybe we should as it adds another dimension to the choices available to us. Not dissimilar to […]
Instead of using butter, my wife currently insists on coating her toast with some industrial spread that promises to make her live to 120 by lowering her cholesterol or blood pressure or weight or some such. And maybe it will. And maybe you think that’s a good thing. However, it seems to fall into the […]
We don’t eat enough shellfish which is a shame because, like a lot fish, it’s cheap and very fast to prepare and cook. Mussels are traditionally in season in the colder months – those with an ‘r’ in them, and this March is no exception – and make an ideal quick and tasty starter or […]
Bill Oldfield 