Epicurean's Answer

For the past 50 years the main political parties have taken food for granted, allowing our weekly shop to go from locally grown, natural food to become air freighted and processed beyond recognition. They have all put issues, which create sound bites, above issues that create bites which are sound, nourishing generations to come. Gone […]

Just in case you don’t know what a Tunis cake is, look here We the undersigned love the fact that the supermarkets do their own versions, but we really want McVities to get the old round tins out and get baking the classic. Name: E-mail address: Please enter an optional comment: Do not display name […]

All of these fall under the banner, ‘Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should’. These are not foods i simply dislike – the list would be much longer – these are an affront to what food should be. There is no reason for any of these, to be anything other than a memory. Instant tea […]

Cost £2.60 Weight 163g Height 6cm Diameter 9.7cm Constituents Crown (looks like wholemeal but isn’t), tomato sauce (lots), processed cheese slice, burger, tomato, shredded iceberg lettuce, heel. Oh Wimpy… you had it all, and now look at you! Desperately mine-sweeping the dregs of the fast food trade, positioning franchises in places where the big players […]

Tesco – the harbinger of high street doom, or the panacea of Britain’s shopping woes? Their name alone invokes some passionate emotions, if you immerse yourself in the blogs and writing of ‘foodies’, you would readily surmise that the Essex-based, grocery behemoth was responsible for everything that is wrong with the English attitude to food. […]

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There are three divisive topics that will always lead to disagreements – Music, Religion and Crisps. Throughout cigar lounges and Gentlemen’s clubs, the length and breadth of this fair land, brandies are being swirled and the merits of Salt & Vinegar verses Cheese & Onion are being furiously debated. There is something immensely personal about […]

Every time I cross the threshold of Asda, no matter what is on the list, I come out feeling angry, stressed and ever so slightly bewildered. It may not be instantaneous, but it will happen – this time was no exception. Being no stranger to the store, I prepare, steeling myself for the limited varieties […]

I’m aware that nine is not ten, but I just couldn’t find anything else that was worthy of the list. These are things that make Christmas for me. There are plenty of other things which are a welcome addition to the festive season, but are consumed throughout the year, rendering them invalid for such a […]

Sometimes you can struggle to recall the first time something happened and on other occasions, it can have an unparalleled clarity. Usually, with me, if food is involved, it’s the latter. I can recall the first time I tried pizza, a cheese and tomato monstrosity at Codsall Middle School, Instant noodles – Tom’s house, Diet […]

I have a confession to make. I have fallen out of love with food. It’s a horrible feeling, but I know who to blame, or rather what to blame – New York. I recently visited New York and viewing it through food loving eyes, I was struck by something that I’d never noticed before. There […]

The first time you are conscious of being seduced it fills you with strange emotions. You know you are being used, but that realisation doesn’t detract from the pleasure of the moment, although the dirty feelings crystalised by hindsight have left me with a sense of guilt that I can’t rid myself of. My first […]

I bought a pack of Garibaldi biscuits the other day, put it down to nostalgia if you want, but I like the buggers. I sat with a cup of Clipper Organic Earl Gray, munching on these jewel studded cardboard treasures, wondering if life could get any better. Casting my eye toward the packet – ignoring the […]

“We are a nation of voyeurs. We love Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson in our millions, but we leave them on our coffee tables. We watch them but we don’t always learn from them,” Tom Parker Bowles, critic and author. I never thought I’d agree with Tom Parker Bowles, but he is right. Britain lost […]

4 Ingredients is, according to the blurb, the number one bestselling book in Australia. It was written by two Queensland mums who hit upon the idea that there are thousands of people who would want a cook book which would reduce all their family meals to just four ingredients. Think of the timesaving! Think of […]

There are three basic ingredients in biscuits – flour, sugar and fat. Tweak the ratio of these three basics, add a few bits and bobs and you end up with thousands of variations of tea’s favourite companion. If you read all the other posts on this site – and I thoroughly recommend you do – […]

This list was inspired by Deborah and Charlotte, two ladies, who are not backwards at coming forwards when it comes to voicing their disappointment with something. Although they are a shade more vocal than most, they are not alone – who hasn’t salivated at the thought of a foodstuff, only to feel let down and […]