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Celebrating one of Lincolnshire’s finest sights….
Thornton Abbey is a very large jewel in Lincolnshire’s crown. I can’t ever remember visiting it before but my parents might well correct me. If I did visit it as a boy then it is fitting that I would return years later with my older brother on his birthday. What […]
Bringing back the memories….
Yesterday saw the first Singapore Formula One Grand Prix, a new race track for the finest racing drivers in the world (American Indy car fans may disagree!) to navigate at break-neck speeds. It was interesting as much as it was the first ever night race on the Grand Prix circuit and the […]
Hold the anchovies…
This is depressing, it seems as though I am going to have to break off my relationship with my beloved anchovy. No more the salty tang on a pissaladiere, can a caesar salad ever be the same? my pasta, compound butters and lamb dishes. Oh the agony.
Why? well a new report from the […]
A glimpse of the english countryside
I’ve been working away all of this week, back in my old stomping ground in the English Lake District and for once the weather has been superb. Rain was my abiding memory of living here before, whenever I was off there would be a twenty four hour monsoon and then […]
The Chinese are coming!!
Every year, one of my German chefs callled Tom makes his annual pilgrimage to his home country and to the Oktoberfest where he spends three days eating sausage, sauerkraut and bread rolls washed down with huge quantities of German beer. He looks the part, it has to be said and, like any […]
How to put your differences to one side…
Roger Waters, the former lead singer of Pink Floyd has, in my opinion paid a warm tribute to his former band member and keyboard player the late Rick Wright.
Despite their differences in recent years Waters spoke of his sadness and regret that the reformed Pink Floyd for […]
It’s your choice….
Sorry folks, question time again! You have to pay your way on this blog Having already ‘grilled’ you about your Breakfast habits, I’ve got another question.
I am currently working on a new dining concept for one of the food outlets in the company I work for, it will […]
A new strain could be heading towards the UK…
The National Farmers Union has issued a stark warning to British farmers that they should stop sourcing livestock from those European countries where the bluetongue virus is prevelent. The South of France is one such area which has been affected by the virus and the fear is […]
What’s happened to them?
If I have one abiding memory of my formative years as a chef and particularly at college then it was learning the names of famous (French) dishes. Back then everything had a name, granted you had no idea what it was when you ordered it but it sounded good, especially when the […]
When is Lincolnshire Day I hear you cry!
Get your diaries out, Lincolnshire Day will soon be upon us once again. October 1st is the day when the civilised world unites to honour the greatest county on earth (subject to opinion) and the planet will be awash with the colour yellow, oh yes!
Okay so it’s not […]