Category Words & Pictures
Street Feast London
It’s no secret that Dalston in East London has gone a little bit posh. But it was not always thus. When I temped at a charity there years ago, it was pretty grungy. Every day I’d pick my way down Kingsland High Street, edging over discarded takeaway chicken bones and broken glass, avoiding rough looking […]
I’m in The Guardian
I know this isn’t a food-related post, as usually you’ll find me ranting about how much I hate pine nuts, but I wanted to share with you my feature published in The Guardian today. It’s about discrimination towards working mothers, and I’d love it if if you could share it via Twitter, FB etc. You […]
What’s she growing out there?
I’m totally hooked on having our front garden turned into a vegetable plot. I really think everyone with access to a spare, unloved bit of land should do it if they can – especially since you can be a lazy git and not do the work yourself. Rachel de Thample, local Transition Town volunteer in […]
Eating up Toon
I love London’s impressive and varied food culture, I really do. But what’s a greedy girl to do when she tires of eyeing up sourdough, dosas and dirty burgers? There’s nothing I love more than to see what other people are scoffing in other parts of the UK. I happened to be Newcastle-Upon-Tyne last weekend, […]
Our front garden gets a makeover
I am now so very thankful we decided not to turn our front garden into a statue and music themed arena. I had grand plans of having some kind of tasteful bronze cast of myself and my husband, placed onto a plinth (perhaps depicting us on our wedding day), then enhancing this with a ‘Waltzing […]
Cabbages & roses in my front garden
I am about to allow local Transition Town volunteers to grow fruit and vegetables in my front garden. People walking past will soon be able to see a profusion of runner beans, salads and exotic herbs growing next to our ancient, gnarled rose bushes, whereas almost everyone else on my road has neat front gardens […]
Crystal Palace: A new foodie paradise?
When I moved to Crystal Palace in SE London 12 years ago, it was a bit of a desert for anyone that likes to eat and drink nice things. Although there were lots of takeaways and restaurants, many were depressingly average. The middle class foodie’s best bet for a drink out, amid a motley selection […]
Simple food in Croatia
I had been told the food in Croatia was wonderful, due to its proximity to Italy. Hurrah, I thought, I’ll be scoffing truffles, amazing pasta and seafood, and will have Italian-inspired cuisine pouring out of my ears. Well, as it turned out, those foods hail from a part of Croatia called Istria, in the north, […]
The Breakfast Bible
Once upon a time a group of breakfast obsessives got together and decided to write about good and bad places to eat breakfast in London. Their pen names were all cheeky breakfast-y puns – Malcolm Eggs, Seb Emina, Blake Pudding, Poppy Tart; you get the jist. They fearlessly went everywhere in their quest for the […]
Esther walker: the bad cook
When I’m having a bad day, I make a beeline to journalist Esther Walker’s Recipe Rifle blog – it never fails to make me snort with laughter. She writes about cooking and parenthood in a funny, sarcastic, feisty and totally unsentimental way. Telling people how things really are in her world, with no gloss or […]
Toast & Butter 