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From Fine Dining in Devon to the best Pasties in Cornwall
Having just been on an impromptu visit to Cornwall via Devon, I wanted to share a couple of foodie finds. Tanners, Plymouth, Devon En-route on Friday night we stopped in Plymouth. We dined at Tanners, a restaurant that has been run by brothers Chris and James Tanner for the last 12 years. The Tanners have […]
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What gets you a Michelin star?
My wife and I have just returned after a foodie long weekend. It was our gift to one another for our wedding anniversary, and after toying with the idea of a European city break, we decided to do a local restaurant tour and ended up eating and staying at three different Michelin starred restaurants. Don’t […]
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America again
Another trip the States, and another inch or so added to the waistline. (More on healthy diet another day…) We went back to New York and New Jersey to see family again, but also took a few days out to head south to Florida. Here’s some foodie highlights. BBQ in Brooklyn: Dan & Dominica took […]
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Comer en Menorca
I have just got back from a great break in Menorca. The sun, relaxation and lack of work were great – as of course was the food and drink. Staying with my cousins who know Menorca and meeting their friends, we were able to make the most of their culinary knowledge. We had serious amounts […]
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12 years, and still my favourite restaurant
Having spent yesterday in London, I thought I’d make the most of my visit and catch-up with my friend Mike. And it wasn’t really a surprise that we ended up at Pierre Victoire on Dean Street. Why? Because although I don’t get to go there that often, I loved it from my first visit around […]
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Grill Stock
A couple of weeks ago was Grill Stock: “a BBQ themed two‐day food & drink festival” in Bristol. It was great – BBQ competitions, demonstrations, chilli eating contest, and plenty of food stalls. I might have overdosed a little on burgers (hard not to when you have a choice of duck & plum sauce, saltmarsh […]
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Farmers Markets
We have a farmers market in my town – it’s a smallish market mid-week every couple of weeks. The problem is that like many people, I’m out at work away from town by week. But then we do have a “food festival” (larger farmers/producers market) every quarter on a Saturday with one of the main […]
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NY & NJ Highlights (3/3)
Hells Kitchen International Food Festival: Hells Kitchen is a neibourhood in mid-town Manhatten which historically has a bad reputation (historic emphasis on the word Hell rather than Kitchen!) Now quite a trendy part of town, once a year they shut down 20 blocks of an 9th Avenue and turn in out to all manner of […]
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NY & NJ Highlights (1/3)
We are now back from our trip to the States – and what a great trip it was. Here is a summary of some of the foodie highlights: My new favourite gastro-bar (if such a word exists): Near to our hosts Dan & Dom is a great little bar-come-diner in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn called Henry […]
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The River Café, New York
As my birthday present from K whilst in NYC, we went to the River Café, underneath Brooklyn Bridge looking out across the water to the New York skyline. The food and company were really great, but what I loved about it was the atmosphere and how accommodating they were. Given that this is fine dining […]