My proposed article this week, that would now have been filed on matters culinary and read by you today, has been...
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Nose to tail at St John – Eastern Daily Press July 25 2009
Within the troubled arena of the pub and restaurant sector and the concomitant skirmishes of the financial world, the...
Rural Life – June 27 2009
I am far too young to have ‘dug for Britain’ in the last bash, but I am laying copious plans to go for it this time...
Local Sourcing – May 30 2009
I steer clear of too much heated debate on the subject of local sourcing, after all my credentials as a wine merchant...
Garlic – May 2 2009
As April drifts effortlessly into May this year, the county of Norfolk display its most luxuriant phase. This month is...
Shining light on a humble bulb – April 4 2009
I am generally not moved by the range of dedicated ‘speciality’ days that occur in one’s diary or the press generally....
Sissinghurst and the National Trust – March 7 2009
At the time of writing I have caught the first two episodes of 'Sissinghurst' on BBC 4. Sissinghurst Castle in Kent,...
Revelling in a truly raw deal – February 7 2009
Last week involved a trip to London, down before sunrise and back in darkness, not the most inspiring times for rail...
National Curry Week – November 8 2008
All food, through the decades, has travelled, whether it is Italian to New York, French to London or Thai cuisine to...
Cooks and their books – October 4 2008
Not blowing my own trumpet, but in our house I’m the principal cook. Not always thus, but as far back as a teenager in...
Down at Eel with Henry – 6 September 2008
A brief visit to Bordeaux last week, to look at some of Medoc’s finest before the wine parts company with the barrel...
Changing times on Pizza front – August 9 2008
Archestratus, a Sicilian Greek living in Italy in the 4th Century B.C. and one of the first food writers on record,...
Remembrance of times pasta – June 14 2008
It was a genuine thrill to contribute an additional column to the EDP with the accent firmly on food. You are...