I knew there was a reason I'd not written a review from a meal we had in September.  I've waited so long that the restaurant in question now has a web site and I can remind myself what we ate!  As a treat for H's 40th birthday, we made a ...

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I know this is supposed to be a food related blog, but hey, sometimes a girl’s gotta rant. Can someone explain to me why the police think it’s a good idea to carry out a traffic census during rush hour?  I know, I know, they have to monitor the traffic or ...

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H & I unexpectedly found ourselves in Shropshire last week for a short break to celebrate his 40th birthday.  (Unexpectedly as in, we should have been in Menorca - it's a long story involving a lost passport, let's not go there...).  It's a beautiful part of the country and, handily for ...

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With H out on a 'networking' evening last week, I took the opportunity to visit Jem&I with a friend.  H had previously dismissed a visit there, as the veggie options were of the goats cheese tart/mushroom risotto variety.  But while the cat's away, as they say...

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I must apologise for the recent radio silence.  I have my reasons though.  The first involved moving house, the second is that H and I are now expecting gastrobaby in January.  As you can imagine, thinking about, looking at or writing about food for the first three months was a ...

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The Good Food Guide has just announced its shortlist for restaurant of the year - a list of independent regional restaurants voted for by its readers.  The North West entry is Nutters in Rochdale.  I have to confess that I have never heard of either it or its chef, who by ...

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It pains me to write a bad review of a restaurant that up until now has been my absolute favourite.  But in the interests of fairness, I have to report that I felt very let down by Osteria Mauro in Mottram St Andrew recently. It may just have been a mixture of ...

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A few years ago, I went through what I now refer to as the 'nuptial era' - a year or two when I had to attend on average five weddings a year.  This involved having to stay in various hotels, on top of the usual present and outfit buying.  Now, ...

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I'm the first to admit that the Daily Mail is not my 'serious' paper of choice, it's my 'gossip rag' lunch/coffee break read. (Honest guv!).  And so I readily take most stories with a huge pinch of salt, or a huge belly laugh of incredulity. This story however, made my jaw drop. 

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I know, I shouldn't be such a sucker for marketing hype, but I saw one of the new Walkers Crisp flavours whilst out buying my lunch, and thought I'd give it a try. They have a promotion going where you vote for your favourite out of six new trial flavours, ...

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