Tag Archives: alcohol
Food in the north – not all curry and chicken parmos
Here in the north we spend less on food and drink than the English average as well as less on eating out, according to the latest Family Food Survey. And while people in the north east, north west, Yorkshire and … Continue reading
Bins, booze and the rightful return of small
Yes it’s backlash week! After the cooking and eating being dominated by the main event (Christmas Lunch) with all the chocolate, booze, pastry and other overload that entails, it was inevitable. First the waste of it all. After discovering that … Continue reading
Filed under Small bites
Making sloe gin for Christmas
According to the sloe forum (strapline, there’s no biz like sloe.biz!), the August fruits from the blackthorn bush are too early for picking to make the traditional gin drink. But, having been presented with a carrier bag of the little … Continue reading
Filed under Christmas 2009, Recipes
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