How exciting, a competition from Clickstay.com to win a holiday in Italy. Whilst I have never been to Italy it is on my bucket list and I chose a lovely 12 person villa in Tuscany. I am meant to tell you who my dream guests would be and I am sure they are meant to […]
Tag: Daniel Galmiche
Paxton&Whitfield Comte – Hallelujah I am converted!
How lucky am I? Recently fortune smiled on me and I was sent some Comte cheese from PaxtonandWhitfield.co.uk to try. I need to confess now that there are two things I am a bit rubbish at, one is wine and the other is cheese and that is a bit of a let down […]
Brebis – Home of Inspiration and delectation
For those that follow my facebook page you will know that I have been banging on about minimising, getting rid of ‘stuff’ and having experiences instead. Read that as you will but in my case I have been asking for meals out as birthday and Christmas presents. I love food as you know and if […]
Just a quickie – hospital tomorrow – eating today!
The melodramatic bit. Having had SIX months of different hospitals trying to pass me off to any other hospital because they don’t want to delve into my innards (and I actually find that quite offensive, surely my innards are cute and entertaining) I now discover I need TWO surgeons to be present and the op […]
Vineyard – yes I know it is back yet again but the food is just so good
We are having a charity dinner at the Vineyard (book now as tickets will sell out, 27th September!) so I got the chance to eat there after our meeting. We had a great supporter with us as well as staff who will be doing so much of the work involved so that gave me a […]
Vineyard Stockcross Annual Wine Festival
I can’t think of anywhere better to have an annual Wine Festival than at the Vineyard, the place where the wine list is in fact a very heavy hard backed book! This was the fourth annual Festival and was well attended. There was a magnificent dinner put on the night before with a menu developed […]
Vineyard Annual Wine Festival – don’t miss this fantastic event!
As I am sure you have read in previous posts I am in no way a wine expert. I drink champagne and that is about it. However at one of my recent visits to the delightful Vineyard I was persuaded by Saffron, and she is VERY persuasive, of the importance of food and wine pairing. […]