Newbury has some great places to eat and they need local support or we will lose them. The Newbury Pub, Mio Fiore and any other privately owned establishments should be given our custom so that they stay and grow. Home made bread and butter, totally delicious I was told this dish was […]
We are so lucky in Newbury to have some great restaurants like The Newbury and now this fantastic pop up. Different people operate different nights and tonight we went to Henry & Joes Dining Table @16BartholomewStreet. The food is first class on every night regardless of who is operating that night and it is […]
Another place I love and will support is The Newbury pub, not a chain and run by some magnificent people. I have followed Darren (not in a stalkerish way!) for many years and it is great to see his influence coming through and being encouraged by the lovely Pete Lumber. By the way I […]
I have been to the Wellington Arms in Baughurst before. I always compare it to a little Manoir in that it has the most wonderful home grown vegetables, its own livestock and sells home made bread and preserves. In fact I am not sure the Manoir does the selling bit of home made bread. The […]
So here we go again, at least we got in, it is hard to make the place my local if I cant get in but it is only a good sign. Summer is going to be amazing, a lot of work has gone into the garden area, especially for the kids with a natural play […]
When Tony is out I muck about cooking things that I fancy and one that I keep coming back to and refining is my scallops and prawns dish. Today I left out the beetroot and introduced wild garlic. onions and smoked bacon lardons in wild garlic butter fresh raw scallops and prawns ready to be […]
What a place to celebrate. This was proper posh and even better I got to interview Marco for Kennet Radio before the meal. He is an other passionate chef, always a great sign when you are about to eat somewhere. Marco looking like he wishes he was somewhere else It was very kind of Marco […]
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 […]
A couple of nights ago I had a delightful dinner at the Hotel Du Vin with colleagues from a marvellous charity, The Brandon Trust. The dinner and the company were lovely, as was the hotel, definitely one to return to. The following day, after working fairly hard (for me) I was able to visit […]
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 […]
This is incredible, in little old leafy Chapel Row, home to a library in a telephone box, a beautiful and quirky interior design shop and a coffee shop. That is it. Oh except for The Bladebone Inn. This pub is run by a genius chef, Kiren Puri, who is supported by talented and patient staff […]
Thank you lovefood.com, I am thrilled that I won your competition with this recipe. Firstly buy some great quality (in fact lets just assume everything you are going to buy is great quality as it saves my typing) raw King Scallops and large raw prawns. De vein the prawns unless you want to eat their […]
If any of you don’t already subscribe to lovefood.com well why on earth not?? It is a fabulous site with great recipes, interviews and a lot of food porn. Today, sat in Kuala Lumpur, I had the best email from them which said that I had won a recipe competition, I am SO chuffed. The […]