Articles filed under ‘favourite things’
Thou Shalt Always Cook
Friday, April 23rd, 2010I love food and I love music. I couldn’t resist reinterpreting Thou Shalt Always Kill by the brilliant Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, into a food rant. Play the video, listen to the words, chuckle, play it again whilst reading my words, chuckle some more. That Shalt Always Cook Thou shalt not microwave baked […]
Chemistry meets cookery
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Click on the image to download the pdf (or open in your browser, depending on which one you’re using). Go on, it’s worth it. Contained within the pdf are links, just in case you need to remind yourself.
My new favourite Ice cream
Monday, August 3rd, 2009I have a huge soft spot for Vermont’s Finest – Ben & Jerry’s. Before you say it, I know they are owned by Unilever, but that doesn’t detract that in 1978 two greedy blokes decided to make start a business making Ice cream – simply because it was one of their favourite things! It was […]
The 10 best chocolate bars
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009Scrivens sat at the end of an elongated red brick shoebox row of shops. There was a hardware store, a greengrocers, a hairdressers, a rather strange woman’s clothes shop – which for some reason sold toys – and finally Scrivens, a strange L-shaped grocery cum newsagents. It was here where you spent your pocket money. […]
Great Biscuits of Great Britain
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Below are scans of the front and back of a set of twelve cards. They were produced to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Rich Tea – hence the Rich Tea occupying the first card. It is thought they date from the mid-eighties, although the exact date is a mystery, as is the exact date […]
My new favourite chocolate
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Based firmly in Yorkshire, Bettys of Harrogate have five Café Tea Rooms, all serving a menu celebrating the best of Swiss-Yorkshire cooking. Perhaps I should explain that Bettys wasn’t started by Betty at all, but a Swiss chap named Fredrick Belmont, which goes someway to explaining why they make such good chocolate. To celebrate their […]