Time for the supermarket giants to take a stance….
A year ago I banged on about Tesco selling asparagus imported from Peru. Well I’ve been into my local Sainsbury’s today and guess what? They’re doing it too. Mexican and Peruvian asparagus for a store situated in the best county in England for aparagus growing.
Now I’m not […]
What to keep and what to give up during Lent….
Well folks, it’s that time already. Lent, a period of abstenence, a time to reflect on one’s life and make some decisions in order to become a better person. In this economic downturn we must seperate the wheat from the chaff and begin again.
So without further […]
The 2010 Michelin Guide is released early….
Gordon Ramsay at Claridges has lost its only michelin star following the departure of his long term star pupil, Mark Sargeant. I thought at the time that Sargeant’s leaving was a telling sign of the bad year Gordon ramsay Holdings had suffered and this has delivered quite some blow […]
How does the last decade compare to previous ones?
Here’s one I thought I’d throw open to comment. It follows a discussion I had with my brother the other day when I remarked that I hadn’t particularly realised we had just seen the end of a decade this New Year. That, I thought said as much […]
The truth behind the free light bulbs….
Last week I received a free present from my gas and electricity provider, N Power. Free energy efficient light bulbs. That’s generous I thought, but was it? Why have N Power given away free light bulbs? Well sad to say it would seem that it has nothing to do […]
Claims that the 2009 BBC wildlife photographer of the year has conned the judges, are the allegations true?
Allegations have come to light that the winner of the BBC 2009 Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner, Jose Luis Rodriguez used a tame wolf in order to photograph his winning shot of an Iberian wolf jumping over […]
Should models be ‘touched up’ with photoshop editing?
This post comes on the back of a report which the cosmetics manufacturor Olay has been slammed for its photographs of Twiggy, the legendary British supermodel of the sixties who is modelling certain lines for them. Twiggy is now in her sixties and still, as far as I […]
It’s a sore subject….
Nothing annoys chefs more than cooking for the staff. Over the years I have had to eat some God awful creations made by trainee chefs and annoyed chef de parties. It’s a thankless task, nobody appreciates the time constraints to do something decent and then when you do they moan because it’s […]
Time for a whinge….!
Well it’s been a week to forget, I’m writing this on my business laptop because my desktop is now kaput, bloody Windows Vista, who’d have it? Why do we rely on them so much? It annoys me that the fact my pc is broken annoys me so much. I’ve spent hours trying […]
The trials and tribulations of a blogger….
Just spent thirty minutes writing a post after a very long day at work and a hard dinner service to find that as the post was being ’saved’ ready for publication my internet access timed out and I lost the lot. It’s now quater to midnight and I can […]