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General blog posts on life, wine, food.
Pheasant and Leek Pie
“The industrial eater is one who does not know that eating is an industrial act...the condition of the passive consumer of food is not a democratic condition. One reason to eat responsibly is to live free”. Wendell Berry. Farmer and essayist. At the time of writing,...
Guanciale & Spaghetti all’ Amatriciana
Amongst the guardians of Semitic languages, pigs get burdened with a bad press. In some faiths, they are regarded as ‘unclean’ animals, mainly because, whilst rummaging in the wild, they will eat virtually anything - carrion, garbage, even animal excrement. Not so...
Rich Pigeon Pâté
Genesis 1:26. Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Not wishing...
Behind The Label
Want to find out more about wine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere then Behind the Label is the place to learn. As Norfolk’s foremost independent wine school we offer a wide range of flexible, enjoyable and educative courses. Each course focuses on wine tasting at...
The Real Good Life – Archant Newspapers. December 2010
As I sit at my computer, with the wood burner bursting into life as morning logs are added to the preceding nights embers and snow swirls beyond my office window, garden guilt subsides for the first time this year. From the warmth of my office, I have checked every...
The Real Good Life. Archant Newspapers – Part 11 – November 2010
In order to create one of those generous, comforting family lunches that can override a chilly Sunday, our Rayburn was stoked up last week in order to serve the dual purpose of warming a cool kitchen, whilst simultaneously establishing a hot oven. All was completed in...