We're going to visit a friend of mine in Germany this weekend.  She asked us to bring out a couple of items for her, including PG Tips de-caff pyramid teabags, and a 'generous slab' of mature cheddar cheese.  I can understand the teabags (although not the de-caff bit) as I always ...

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I've realised that the delay in writing this entry has only partly been caused by me watching the Olympics (go Team GB!!).  I suspect I've also been wondering if I can do justice in words to, hand on heart, one of the best meals I've ever had.  But I need to get on ...

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I'm in that weird Sunday twilight zone where nothing much is really happening and the last of your weekend is slipping away and there's nothing you can do about it.  We've just spent a week in Devon, arriving back late last night.  I've spent this morning loading the washing machine and ...

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It's been a week of many 'meals out', and I'm starting to feel the strain.  Today was Pizza Express with my parents and the niece and nephew (my initial thoughts of salad obviously falling by the wayside).  Last night was another good meal at Chilli Banana with friends, who shockingly had never been, ...

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I fear my resolve may be weakening.  If you'd asked me a couple of weeks ago, I was all geared up to go to Summer in the Park this weekend at Platt Fields Park in Manchester.  It appears to be a foodie paradise - essentially an opportunity to stuff your face all ...

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We were going to the cinema tonight, but we got fooled into thinking the sun was going to shine longer than five minutes and decided to stay home.  The sun has of course now disappeared, so I'm watching the football on TV, with a tall G&T and a box of chocolate ...

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I decided we needed a bit of 'culture' today, so we went to visit the Lindow Man exhibition at Manchester Museum.  We'd had a late brunch so didn't bother to eat before we went out.  Subsequently come 3pm I was starving and losing interest in looking at bog men, Egyptian ...

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The first time I visited my brother in Brooklyn, I was slightly envious of the 'neighbourhood restaurants' they had at their disposal.  H has reminded me that these do well because nobody in New York has a big enough kitchen to cook in.  Be that as it may, I've always ...

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After visiting the doctor the morning after returning from Amsterdam, and confirming that I didn't have a chest infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, TB or any other lurgy (even if I felt like I did), we headed up to the Lakes for week 2 of the honeymoon. Incredibly, having been blessed with ...

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It's been hard to know where to start with all the great places we ate, during the first week of our honeymoon in Amsterdam. We did all the usual stuff - we had pancakes (mine with apple and cinnamon, H's with pear and chocolate sauce) sitting outside a cafe by ...

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