Banana Toffee and Raspberry Caramel Infusions

I know, I know, they sound simply vile, don’t they?  But they’re not, I swear. Well, if you like that kind of thing… which I do.  I picked up the Banana Toffee infusion in Wholefoods from their extensive collection of exciting teas and brews in a kind of ‘hee, hee get a load of this’ [...]

Gorgeous Foodie Print Bowls

I don’t have any smarties, olives or crisps in the house right now, because if I did I would immediately proceed to scoff the lot.  But I am absolutely desperate to entertain so that I can buy some of each and display them fetchingly them in these gorgeous foodie print bowls.

Fresh Apple Salsa with Roast Pork and Veg

My mum, a very traditional British-style cook, has always served apple sauce with pork, and it’s certainly very common to enjoy that touch of sweetness with the meat.  I don’t, however, have the faintest idea how to make apple sauce, as when I lived at home I was far more often listening to the tender [...]

Haloumi Cheese and Sweet Chilli Sauce

 
Some may say that no-one cares what you had for lunch today but I beg to differ.  This is a food blog and I really do care what you had for lunch, and I absolutely need to tell you what I had for mine.  Well, whenever I make roast veg I am careful to make [...]

Planet Organic Bans Plastic Bags

Popping into my local Planet Organic this morning I was super chuffed to read a sign in the window stating that they are not going to distribute free plastic bags anymore, and will only give out a biodegradable option at 4p, or sell thicker cotton bags to customers.  Why doesn’t every shop follow suit?  People [...]

Make Time to Have Lunch

One of the many reasons I decided not to become a teacher?  Honestly?  The fact that most teachers I met didn’t seem to have time to eat lunch.  Untasted cups of tea sat quietly steaming away during break as teachers hurriedly checked important ‘A’ level essays; sandwiches were sadly and unselfishly pushed aside to run [...]

Coffee Shops: Renting a Refuge from London

I truly realised that I was a Londoner the other day, as I flicked idly through a copy of Time Out magazine.  In ‘The Big Smoke’ section at the front of the magazine they always have a photo of some aspect of London life sent in by a member of the public, and in issue [...]

Mikan Lip Gloss

I’ve always been obsessed with things that look like food, but aren’t.  When I was little I remember the family had quite a collection:  my father used a bookmark that looked very much like a rasher of streaky bacon; my mother had a notebook that looked like a cracker with Swiss cheese and a key-ring [...]

Suki Kirai wa Damae desu yo. Or, To Like or Dislike is Not Allowed

How I wish that I had photocopied, or otherwise gathered evidence of, the sign with the above motto that I saw plastered up around a Japanese elementary school.  Underneath the motto was a cartoon of two children eating their school dinners.  One of them was visibly baulking at a food item included in the dinner, [...]

Lomo Saltado

Finally, Dan, here’s the recipe for lomo saltado – hope you enjoy experimenting!  This dish is a real crowd pleaser, and very easy to throw together.  It’s essentially just Peruvian fast food – but if you are a carnivore, it’s difficult not to like steak and chips; this is steak and chips with an added, [...]